Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this RFP is to solicit support in the design and execution of a system of online assessments to be implemented for the subjects of science and social studies. Design and content decisions will be vetted by a content expert at the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) and content advisory committees to include representatives from DDOE, advocacy groups, schools and districts, and associations. The Vendor will be responsible for the following: a. Participating in meetings with the Delaware Department of Education and appropriate advisory committees. b. Developing, managing, administering, and maintaining the science and social studies assessment and schedule, based on the approach, methodology, and tools suggested by the Delaware Department of Education c. Designing and generating student, school, district and state reports of student performance in science and/or social studies in coordination with the Delaware Department of Education. Assessment Design The State of Delaware has measured student proficiency in science and social studies using an online testing format since 2010. This redesigned assessment will require students to demonstrate college- and career-readiness using a range of higher-order analytical thinking and performance skills. The DeSSA assessments will: use complex informational texts as stimuli for items. The term ‘complex informational text’ in both science and social studies can refer to such documents as photographs, charts, tables, graphs, and maps. Multiple formats of authentic, previously published texts may be used as stimuli, including written, audio, visual, and graphic, as technology and assessment constraints permit. Animation and simulation may be used where appropriate. consist of test questions, tasks, and/or prompts, as appropriate, which may demand that students read complex informational texts carefully and deeply and use specific evidence from increasingly complex texts or from informational data sets to obtain or infer and defend accurate responses.
