The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) invites qualified and experienced vendors to submit a proposal to provide both qualitative and quantitative comprehensive needs assessments for our schools and districts who may become identified as CSI-R. The successful vendor will partner with the ALSDE Office of School Improvement to conduct a needs assessment that examines previous school improvement efforts/plans, programs, strategies, initiatives, instructional practices, assessments, staffing, systems development, operational processes, and other factors aimed at fostering change. This assessment will also include an evaluation of leadership capacity/ competency, resources, and opportunity gaps at the school and district levels. Per Alabama's Consolidated State Plan, using external partners to conduct the needs assessments will allow the LEAs/schools will get an unbiased, objective assessment of the schools and districts
