Specifications include, but are not limited to: The South Dakota Department of Education’s Division of Data and Research (“State”) seeks a qualified vendor to provide professional services on behalf of the State of South Dakota (“Consultant”) for the purpose of an independent review of the State’s current educational data architecture and workflow and a strategy for re-developing the systems for enhanced functionality; Facilitate State in discovery sessions aimed at mapping the current department educational data architecture and workflows. Develop current educational data architecture and structure roadmaps/diagram/mapping documentation and visualizations. Provide a blueprint for effective and efficient modernizing solutions the educational data architecture. Solutions must prioritize: Centralization and integration of educational data and system, Elimination of redundant data collection and storage, Standardization of federal/state reporting and research/analysis, Increased educational data access with appropriate security measures, and A platform or mechanism for managing/monitoring the entire educational data architecture
