Specifications include, but are not limited to: Functional Specifications: It is expected that this assessment product will have the following basic properties: 1. The assessment system must be appropriate and effective for use as both a RtI screener (both at the beginning of the school year and for students enrolling later in the year) and a progress-monitoring tool 2. The product must include an assessment for both Math and Reading 3. The assessments must be researched, with documented evidence establishing the instruments validity and reliability, as well as its effectiveness in both Math and Reading for use in both the RtI screening process and progress monitoring across the school year 4. The assessment system must include a large test item bank that is continually updated and expanded 5. Both Math and Reading assessments must be computer-based and adaptive 6. Assessment items must be aligned with the Common Core curriculum and the Smarter Balanced assessment
