Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.The contractor will publish at the end of the year a “Status of Alabama Children’s Kindergarten Entry and Contributing Factors.”2.This correlation with the Alabama Pre-K Observational Assessment will result in a valid and reliable Alabama Kindergarten Readiness Assessment that meets the following elements:a.Address all five essential domains of a child’s school readiness;b.Can appropriately be administered within the first 30 days of the kindergarten school year;c.Aligns with the National Research Council’s recommendations on early childhood assessment;d.Allows for electronic data entry during assessment compatible with DECE’s web-based collection of child data;e.Has capacity for secure, web-based collection of data (child, site,program/school, district, state-level) with online access for state officials to monitor, manage. And integrate with ADECE data base.f.Provides child-level and classroom-level data to classroom teachers to inform individualized instruction and classroom practice in kindergarten and the early grades, as well as support services and interventions that may be required; g.Provides aggregate data for state and local policy makers to assess the outcomes of the early childhood system, provide actionable information to drive future policy related to closing the school readiness gap, and make resource allocation decisions(e.g., decisions regarding professional development, data systems,funding allocations, etc.); and h.Is supported through training and technical assistance for administration that ensures inter-rater reliability for test administrators, data entry, and use of data in order to inform or guide instruction, interactions/activities and routines, and to inform parents of a child.3.In addition, ADECE will work with the contractor to:a.Develop a training plan, including training, associated materials and support in administration of the tool to a statewide population of early childhood professionals; training should include, but not be limited to data entry and validity of results, use of assessment results to enable teachers to understand a child’s kindergarten readiness and guidance on how to use results to inform instruction, provide information about program trends as well as guidance on how to share this information with families; and b.Partner with ADECE to administer the assessment tool statewide