Innovative Assessment Consultant Services

The vendor is required to provide innovative assessment consultant system shall align with standards of learning and be implemented in the 2027-2028 school year and must reflect best practices in assessment design, accessibility, and instructional alignment.
- An analysis of high-quality assessment systems in other states, emphasizing models that incorporate:
•    Alignment with state standards and instructional goals; 
•    Non-traditional assessments, such as project-based, competency-based, personalized-learning and performance-based approaches; 
•    Accessibility for english learners and students with disabilities, with examples of accommodations and multilingual assessments from other states; 
•    Advanced technology integration, such as adaptive testing and online platforms, including infrastructure requirements and associated costs;
•    Integration of authentic growth measures that provide actionable, formative feedback for educators and could be integrated into a statewide assessment system; 
•    Feedback on the application of knowledge and higher-level reasoning skills as described in the standards; 
•    Best practices for release of rubrics, sample items and tasks, performance level descriptors, item maps, anchor papers, exemplars, and other resources that clarify the benchmarks for success; 
•    Recommendations for innovative, reliable, and valid scoring practices that supports data cleaning, validation, and timely reporting of assessment outcomes;
•    Best practices for sharing and reporting assessment outcomes to students, parents, teachers, principals, and superintendents in a timeframe that can inform instructional improvement; and 
•    Best practices for sharing and reporting assessment outcomes to the state education agency in a timeframe that can inform support to school divisions.

- Optional Pre-Proposal Conference Date: October 16, 2025