NM residencies, intends to grow high-quality teacher residency preparation programs, where aspiring teachers work for a year alongside an accomplished mentor teacher before being hired.

The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) is seeking to contract with Basis Policy Research LLC to conduct an independent evaluation of PED's $8 million federal Education Innovation and Research (EIR) mid-phase grant. The evaluation must meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) design standards without reservations and includes both an impact study and an implementation study of New Mexico's statewide teacher residency program. The scope of work requires Basis to refine the impact study design by July 2024, obtain Institutional Review Board approval by September 2024, and design and execute an implementation study by January 2025. PED selected Basis as the sole source due to their extensive work developing the evaluation plan for PED's EIR proposal, their proprietary implementation framework, and their unique understanding of New Mexico's teacher residency program. The contract with Basis Policy Research is for $170,986 from July 2024 through December 2024.

PED reached out to Horizons of New Mexico, who declined the scope of work. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The contract is limited to Basis Policy Research LLC as the sole source capable of providing the required services within the tight federal deadlines for the EIR grant evaluation.