Educator Preparation Alternative Assessment Attestations Service

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Everett, Massachusetts is seeking sponsoring organizations to provide educator preparation alternative assessment attestations. The agency is establishing this service to accept approved alternative assessments to the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. Subject matter knowledge attestations will allow sponsoring organizations to verify that teacher candidates have demonstrated the required functional content knowledge for specific assessments based on evidence of their functional content knowledge. The scope of work covers attestations for specific subject areas including Adult Basic Education, Reading Specialist, Sheltered English Immersion, Vocational Technical Literacy Skills, Bilingual Education, and the Communication and Literacy Skills Test. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The selected providers will perform all work offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for cost proposals from bidders. The source document does not specify the evaluation criteria or key dates for this opportunity.