Technology Architecture, Interoperability Standards Development and Systems Implementation Services
he purpose of this Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) is to solicit proposals from organizations interested in participating in PARCC's grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Assessment Program. PARCC is a consortium of states working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers. These new K-12 assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of high school, mark students' progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and provide teachers with timely information to inform instruction and provide student support. The PARCC assessments will be field-tested in 2013-2014 and ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year.
The Department, as PARCC's fiscal agent, intends to contract with one or more Technology Systems Architecture and Systems Implementation Services entities to assist in the development and implementation of PARCC's next generation assessment system based on the Common Core State Standards. The technology demands of the PARCC assessment system are complex.
