Assessment for English Language Learners
The State intends to secure a contract for the provision of a statewide English Language Proficiency (ELP) Assessment to be administered annually to students with limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades K-12. It is the States intent to administer the same form of this assessment annually for the duration of this contract. These intentions are subject to additional changes required by the United States Department of Education (USDOE), Tennessee State Law, State Board of Education Policy and/or State Department of Education Procedures. It is the intent of the State to solicit responses to this RFP in accordance with the statement of work, proposal preparation section, and specifications contained in this document.
This RFP invites submissions for the provision of an annual statewide English Language Proficiency (ELP) Assessment for students with limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades K-12. The English Language Proficiency Assessment shall be a criterion-referenced assessment aligned with Tennessees English Language Proficiency Standards, which can be found at http://www.state.tn.us/education/fedprog/doc/fpeslcurriculum.pdf.
The Assessment will measure Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Comprehension skills in academic and social English. It shall assist educators of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in measuring annual growth in proficiency and designing and delivering a plan of instruction that will result in successful participation and achievement in all-English academic settings. The ELP assessment will meet the requirements of Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
In addition, the Contractor shall conduct a feasibility study for developing a methodology for augmenting and/or adapting the ELP assessment to serve as the assessment for limited English proficient students in reading/language arts for Title I adequate yearly progress (AYP) purposes. To meet this purpose, the adapted and augmented ELP assessment shall be aligned with Tennessees English language arts standards in grades 3 through 12.
Tennessee shall consider any proposal for such a test through this RFP process with the expectation that the Contractor shall provide an assessment that will address all the requirements set forth in this RFP for a Tennessee ELP assessment.
