Attendance diagnostic, assessment software, history curriculum. A North Carolina district is looking for a district attendance diagnostic, while a New Jersey school system seeks assessment and supplemental programming software. In addition, a district in Washington is in the market for a core history curriculum.
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Wake County Public Schools, N.C.
Focus: District attendance diagnosticStudents: 160,000Deadline: July 19, 2024The plan: Wake County Public Schools, the largest district in North Carolina, is looking for a district and school attendance diagnostic. The district is looking to conduct a review of its current system and identify best practices in managing student chronic absences, according to the request for proposals. That review should include teacher surveys, interviews with key district stakeholders, and the creation of a district working group. The diagnostic should result in a presentation to district leaders, a project timeline, and a workplan, the district said. Email Petra Gooding at [email protected] with any questions.
Union City School District, N.J.
Focus: Software for diagnostic assessments and adaptive reading and mathStudents: 12,000Deadline: July 23, 2024The plan: Union City Schools in New Jersey is seeking software to support diagnostic assessments and adaptive reading and math programming for grades 1-12. The diagnostic assessments should be aligned to state standards, contain a variety of tech-enhanced question designs, and have the ability to generate data reports. Those reports should include trend analysis, patterns, error analysis, and historical analysis, according to the district. Administrators should be able to use the software for both formative and summative assessments. The district is also looking for supplemental remediation programs for students in reading and math that are game-based and target areas of need as identified in the tests. The software program will be embedded in cross-curricular content across all grade levels, according to the request for proposals. Email Business Administrator Anthony Dragona at [email protected] with any questions.
Spokane Public Schools, Wash.
Focus: Middle school U.S. history curriculumStudents: 28,000Deadline: Aug. 5, 2024
The plan: Spokane Public Schools in Washington is in the market for a core U.S. history curriculum for secondary, including both an online and physical textbook. The district has put out a call for resources that are non-partisan, equitable, culturally responsive, and free of bias that align with the state’s latest standards. The curriculum should cover a list of topics, including colonial America, the American Revolution, the Jackson Era, causes and effects of the civil war, and reconstruction, according to the district. Email Secondary Social Studies & ELA Curriculum Coordinator Susie Gerard at [email protected] with any questions.
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