Specifications include, but are not limited to: According to the Alabama Literacy Act (ALA), funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that support all the following activities for kindergarten through third-grade students in public K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent upon measurable performance growth. Purpose: This RFP seeks the submission of proposals from interested vendors who have historical knowledge of literacy in Alabama, especially since the implementation of the Alabama Literacy Act, including data related to the implementation of the Alabama Literacy Act, the Alabama Reading Initiative's responsibilities in implementing the Alabama Literacy Act, and Alabama's kindergarten through third grade reading data trends. This information should be available through a pre-developed data dashboard with drill down capacity that will support monitoring progress toward objectives and key outcomes and have the capacity to add ongoing data to it. Areas of effective literacy policies as deemed by national organizations will be the subject of the data collection.
