The vendor is required to provide web based educational program; the program must be capable of:
• Providing a path to graduation in our nontraditional high school dropout prevention program,
• Providing a rigorous, common core aligned credit  recovery option for students who have failed courses and need to make-up the courses so as to increase on time graduation rates and thus to reduce dropout rates
• Providing k through 12 graders the opportunity to accelerate learning and/or practice needed skills and to complement k-12 classroom instruction and enhance students’ skills.
• Providing assessment practice for smarter balanced national assessment tool and intervention software.
- The web-based software solution will be available to kindergarten through twelfth grade students in the district.
• Each elementary school will have a designated teacher to serve as facilitator of the program in the building.
1. Elementary school students will be provided opportunities to practice required skills and accelerate learning through web based educational programming
2. Elementary school software design will allow teachers to supplement traditional   prek-12 instruction.
• Each middle school will have a designated teacher to serve as facilitator of the program in the building.
1. Middle school programming will provide individual assessments to identify student deficiencies     
2. Middle school programming will provide a needs-based pathway to fill gaps in standards mastery
3. Middle schools will also allow students needing homebound instruction the opportunity to utilize   web-based programming where appropriate.
• Each high school will have a designated teacher to serve as facilitator of the program in the building.
1. High school programming will provide individual assessments to identify student deficiencies
2. High school   program   design   will   include   credit recovery opportunities based on individual student needs.
3. High school   programming   will    include   credit    accrual opportunities based on individual student needs.
4. High schools will allow for virtual course opportunities to ensure students the opportunity to take courses that are not available through the high school offerings.
- The proposed solution shall provide:
• Designated teacher, facilitator, and system administrator the ability to design individualized learning paths through course customization and prescriptive testing.
• Individualized student need-based opportunities which include supplemental activities, such as access to online content to reinforce applicable learning objectives.
• Guided practice problems supported by blended instructional delivery methods, i.e. multimedia enhanced.
• Program embedded student note-taking capabilities, which will allow teachers to monitor and check notes at will.
• Student access to online help to answer specific student questions related to online content through chat, video conferencing, and email.
• Support for students with disabilities
• Engaging lessons that incorporate real-world applications and relevant content
- The software solution shall have assessment features that include:
• Lesson quizzes, topic test, midterm assessments, and final examinations; these shall include formative, benchmark and summative assessments. (Preference is to have an option for material that is printable)
• Randomly generated questions to ensure integrity of the assessments for students who may retake due to non-mastery.
• Ability of the district or a school to be able to control the passing thresholds (scores) and re-take opportunities.
• Diagnostic pre-test and prescriptive testing options to accelerate student completion of the course on prior knowledge; tests shall include a direct correlation to each common core/state standard applicable to the specific content area.
• Review options based on student weaknesses before summative assessments.
• Ability of the teacher to monitor and lock certain provisions of the instructional program, thus allowing student completion solely under the direct supervision of the teacher.
- The software solution proposed shall have the following reporting features:
• A report on student learning based on common core and state standards
• The ability to view student progress toward on-time completion of the course and the student’s grade status
• The ability of a teacher (at the course level) to review reports with data on an individual and class level to monitor progress
• The ability of an administrator at the school level to review reports with data on an individual, class or school-wide to monitor progress
• The ability of district-level personnel to review district-wide progress and site-based progress
• The ability for teachers to modify the grade calculation for a final grade to include averaging of various completed activities.
• The ability to include outside supplemental activity grades from the teacher into a final grade calculation.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 25, 2025