K-12 Progress Monitoring Tools for Academic Skills

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is seeking a comprehensive K-12 progress monitoring tool for special education evaluations, specifically designed to assess student progress in eight critical academic achievement areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skill, reading fluency, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, and mathematics problem solving. The procurement focuses on a technically adequate tool that meets specific state law requirements for identifying students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and evaluating their response to intensive, scientific research-based interventions. The required progress monitoring tool must be brief, provide direct measures of specific academic skills, include multiple equivalent assessment forms, demonstrate sensitivity to small performance changes, and provide reliable and valid performance measurements. A critical technological requirement is the tool's ability to perform seamless electronic data analysis, including computation of ambitious goals based on normative Rate of Improvement, graphing baseline and intervention phases, and generating goal and trendlines. The contract opportunity was posted on January 12, 2024, with proposals due by February 16, 2024, indicating a relatively short response window of approximately five weeks for potential vendors.

While no specific set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise requirements were explicitly mentioned in the documentation, the procurement appears focused on educational technology providers specializing in assessment tools for K-12 special education evaluations. The procurement implies a need for sophisticated technological capabilities, suggesting that vendors must demonstrate expertise in educational assessment, data visualization, and intervention tracking technologies. The tool must integrate with existing educational platforms and support interdisciplinary communication among educational professionals. Although no specific budget range was provided, the complexity of the required technological and assessment capabilities suggests a potentially significant investment. The procurement's comprehensive requirements indicate that only vendors with advanced technological infrastructure, deep understanding of special education assessment protocols, and ability to meet Wisconsin's specific regulatory requirements will be competitive in this solicitation.