Specifications include, but are not limited to:The Ohio Department of Education is requesting proposals for administration of a nationally recognized job skills assessment. The proposal must include assessments of a student’s academic abilities and the assessments must have a direct correlation to skills recognized in the workforce. The assessments must also be able to measure the student’s employability skills on a scale that will be comparable to a successful score on a nationally standardized assessment in English, mathematics and reading. Index No.: EDU109 Page 4 REV 03/2014 Through this RFP, the Ohio Department of Education seeks a single Contractor to administer 3rd-party-developed assessments: English, mathematics and reading. The approved Contractor must be able to implement an efficient process to be paid directly from the Ohio Department of Education. The Contractor will invoice ODE for all first time test takers. Eligible test takers will be the graduating class of 2018 and beyond. ODE estimates that 42,000 students per year will take these three assessments. Assessments will begin in the 2016-2017 school year. The provider must meet the criteria specified in this RFP. 1.4.1 Eligible Applicants To the extent authorized by law, entities eligible to apply to provide a nationally recognized job skills assessment and services include, but are not limited to: 1. For-profit companies, including but not limited to test publishers and research organizations; 2. Nonprofit organizations; 3. Institutions of Higher Education; and 4. Educational Service Centers (ESC). 1.4.2 Statement of Intent Offerors interested in qualifying their assessments for use as nationally recognized job skills assessments must submit a statement of the subject area(s) for which the assessment is being proposed with an overview of the content and skills purportedly measured by the assessment. Offerors shall propose assessments for all three subject areas.
