Purpose: The purpose of this RFQ is to fulfill responsibilities outlined in the Alabama Literacy Act where the Alabama Literacy Task Force will provide recommendations for a "list of vetted and approved assessments that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems for selection and use by local education agencies." Each approved assessment system shall do all of the following: .Provide screening and diagnostic capabilities student progress (including progress monitoring) .Measure, at a minimum, phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, including letter naming, letter sound, and sound letter correspondences, decoding, encoding, accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension. .Identify students who have a reading deficiency/(deficiencies), including identifying students with characteristics of dyslexia. .Minimize the impact on instructional time in its implementation .Show integration of assessment results with instructional support for teachers and students .Report results of the assessment to teachers, administrators, and parents in a timely fashion (as well as to the ALSDE) .Serve as a summer growth measure during summer reading camp in addition to the three benchmark assessments and progress monitoring
