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               State of Indiana RFS 18-001
               ILEARN and IREAD-3 Student Assessments
               Attachment G - Question and Answer Response Template
                                                                                                   Respondent Name:                          State of Indiana 
               Questio                        RFP Section                           Page             Topic                              Specific Question/Inquiry
                n No.
                   1    RFS Section 1: General Information and Requested Products o   -   Incumbent                    When does the contract with Pearson expire?
                   2    RFS Section 1: General Information and Requested Products o   -   Budget                       What is the estimated cost of this project? 
                                                                                                                       Please explain what is desired in the technical proposal 
                   3    RFS Section 1: General Information and Requested Products o  10   1.13 Site visits             regarding site visits, per the following instructions in this 
                                                                                                                       section: "Site visits, if required will be discussed in the 
                                                                                                                       technical proposal."
                                                                                                                       Regarding supporting material included as an appendix, would 
                   4    RFS Section 2: Proposal Preparation Instructions             21   2.4 Technical Proposal       this material be included in the page limit referenced in section 
                                                                                                                       2.1, which refers to attachments but not appendices?
                                                                                                                       Please explain what a "Cost Proposal item" refers to, in relation 
                                                                                                                       to the two-page limit per item on Cost Proposal Narratives.  
                   5    RFS Section 2: Proposal Preparation Instructions             21   2.5 Cost Proposal            Does each "item" need to be addressed and does the two page 
                                                                                                                       limit apply to the entire Cost Proposal Narrative or to each item 
                                                                                                                       described?
                                                                                                                       Do members of the proposal evaluation team have access to 
                                                                                          3.1 Proposal Evaluation      Respondents' Cost Proposals and MBE/WBE Commitment 
                   6    RFS Section 3: Proposal Evaluation Criteria                  23   Procedure                    information during scoring under Criteria 1 and 2?  Are points 
                                                                                                                       for Criteria 3, 4, and 5 determined and assigned independently 
                                                                                                                       from those assigned to Criteria 1 and 2?
                                                                                                                       RFS section 1.4 Summary Scope of Work indicates that "a 
                                                                                                                       vendor" will be selected to deploy IREAD-3 and develop and 
                                                                                                                       implement ILEARN.  However, the Cost Proposal Template 
                                                                                                                       suggests that something other than an "all or none" award 
                   7    Attachment D: Cost Proposal Template                              Multi-component award        could be made (i.e. one component or the other) by encouraging 
                                                                                                                       savings through a "multi-component award proposal".  Is the 
                                                                                                                       IDOA and/or IDOE considering awarding components 
                                                                                                                       separately and if so should pricing be provided as if each 
                                                                                                                       component were a standalone, with efficiencies for a multi-
                                                                                                                       component award?
                   8    RFS Section 1: General Information and Requested Products o   8   Submission format            Would IDOA be willing to accept proposals on thumb drives 
                                                                                                                       instead of CD-ROM?
                   9    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                          5   (3c) Program Manager and     Is it required or preferred that the proposed Program Manager 
                                                                                          Project Management Team      have a PMP certification?
                  10    Attachment F: Technical Proposal Template                    83   Teacher involvement          Is the vendor required to compensate IN teachers for scoring? 
                                                                                                                       Will IDOE provide lists of teachers by grade and content to 
                  11    Attachment F: Technical Proposal Template                    83   Teacher recruitment          assist with recruiting? Does teacher recruitment 'go through 
                                                                                                                       IDOE' or does the vendor work directly with the teachers?
               State of Indiana RFS 18-001
               ILEARN and IREAD-3 Student Assessments
               Attachment G - Question and Answer Response Template
                                                                                                   Respondent Name:                          State of Indiana 
                                                                                                                       We understand and support IDOE's desire to include Indiana 
                                                                                                                       educators as much as possible in scoring. Given the need to 
                                                                                                                       balance teacher involvement in scoring with limiting exposure 
                  12    Attachment F: Technical Proposal Template                    83   Teacher scoring              of items/prompts (e.g., if scoring begins while the test is still 
                                                                                                                       being administered in a teacher's district), is the IDOE open to 
                                                                                                                       the vendor's recommendations around limiting or managing 
                                                                                                                       teacher scoring?
                  13    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                         19   Braille Materials            Are Braille materials produced only in UEB contracted?
                                                                                                                       Is there latitude to allow for equivalent experience with regard 
                                                                                          Degree requirements for key  to the Master's Degree requirement for content development 
                  14    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                          6   staff (3c)                   staff? An example might be an assessment specialist with 5 
                                                                                                                       years of assessment experience in the associated content area, 
                                                                                                                       including one or more years spent as content lead on a project.
                  15    Attachment F: Technical Proposal Template                    15   Speaking and Listening Items When does IDOE want to begin the assessment of Speaking and 
                                                                                          (2.20)                       Listening items?
                                                                                                                       With regards to the Force Majeure Clause, we presume 
                  16    Attachment B: Cost Proposal Template                          7   Professional Services        Contractor will not be held responsible for delay or default to 
                                                                                          Contract - Pg. 7 - Section 20 the extent caused by the State or third parties contracted by 
                                                                                                                       the State.  Is this correct?  If this is not correct, please explain.
                                                                                                                       The RFP states: "Indiana requires the release of a 
                                                                                                                       representative sample of 10 items each year per grade and 
                                                                                                                       content area."
                  17    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                         12   Item Ownership (3h)          What is the item release requirements for items coming from a 
                                                                                                                       licensed bank, which has its own set of terms and conditions for 
                                                                                                                       licensed items?  Are all open-ended/constructed response items 
                                                                                                                       used each year required to be released?
                                                                                                                       RFP states: "The test and item specifications should be 
                                                                                                                       designed to reflect a total test time of
                                                                                                                       under 8 hours across content areas defined below:
                                                                                                                        Grade 3: ELA and Mathematics
                                                                                                                        Grade 4: ELA, Mathematics and Science
                                                                                          3g Test Content and Item      Grade 5: ELA, Mathematics and Social Studies
                  18    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                         10   Format)                       Grade 6: ELA, Mathematics and Science
                                                                                                                        Grade 7: ELA and Mathematics
                                                                                                                        Grade 8: ELA and Mathematics
                                                                                                                        ECAs: ELA, Mathematics and Science"
                                                                                                                       QUESTION: Please clarify, does this apply to operational and 
                                                                                                                       embedded FT?
                State of Indiana RFS 18-001
                ILEARN and IREAD-3 Student Assessments
                Attachment G - Question and Answer Response Template
                                                                                                            Respondent Name:                               State of Indiana 
                                                                                                                                  The second paragraph states "The end of course assessments 
                                                                                                                                  must be offered two times during the school year, in addition to 
                                                                                                                                  a summer window" and "Because state law limits students who 
                                                                                                                                  have not passed a portion of the ECAs to a maximum of one 
                                                                                                                                  retest each semester, the two test windows must be in different 
                    19    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                2    Licensed content               semesters."
                                                                                                                                  Will students needing to pass either the Algebra I ECA or 
                                                                                                                                  English 10 ECA be allowed to retest in late Spring as well as 
                                                                                                                                  Summer (if they don't pass in the Spring)?  If students would be 
                                                                                                                                  allowed to retest with the Spring administration, please provide 
                                                                                                                                  additional count estimates for Spring 2020.
                                                                                                                                  The paragraph following the bulleted list indicates that "A 
                                                                                                                                  proposal must include the licensure or lease of items developed 
                                                                                                                                  by the respondent and used by the state for the duration of the 
                                                                                                                                  contract."
                    20    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                3    Retest windows                 Are only items developed by the respondent eligible for 
                                                                                                                                  licensing, or are third-party items not developed by the 
                                                                                                                                  respondent also eligible for licensing? In either case, should 
                                                                                                                                  costs for the one-year license beyond the end of the contract be 
                                                                                                                                  included in the budget for 2019-2020?
                                                                                                                                  Please elaborate on what is desired based on the following, 
                                                                                                   State-specific results based   which appears at the top of this page: "development of systems 
                    21    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                3    on Indiana's representative    for reporting state-specific results including equating items 
                                                                                                   population                     based on Indiana’s representative population".  Does the state 
                                                                                                                                  desire that Indiana results be equated to other states?  Please 
                                                                                                                                  explain.
                                                                                                                                  How does the 8-hour limit apply?  Does this refer to the 50th 
                                                                                                                                  percentile of actual time students take to complete all tests (i.e. 
                                                                                                                                  the 50th percentile of total testing time should not exceed 8 
                    22    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                3    Testing time                   hours), or to the average amount of time that students at the 
                                                                                                                                  50th percentile of performance take to complete all tests?  Will 
                                                                                                                                  blueprints be revised if these limits prove not to hold true when 
                                                                                                                                  the tests go live?
                                                                                                                                  Regarding the statement at the top of the page: "Paper-and-
                                                                                                                                  pencil administrations may also use existing or established 
                    23    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                5    Paper/pencil forms             forms that can also be used in breach situations if an online 
                                                                                                                                  alternative is not available."  Does "existing or established 
                                                                                                                                  forms" mean that entire paper/pencil forms could be reused 
                                                                                                                                  from year to year?
                                                                                                                                  Will it be sufficient to show that the proposed Program 
                    24    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                                5    Program Manager                Manager is currently working toward PMP certification, as long 
                                                                                                   qualifications                 as sufficient experience at that level of responsibility can also 
                                                                                                                                  be demonstrated?
              State of Indiana RFS 18-001
              ILEARN and IREAD-3 Student Assessments
              Attachment G - Question and Answer Response Template
                                                                                              Respondent Name:                        State of Indiana 
                                                                                                                 What is the scope of the following request: "The Respondent 
                                                                                                                 must provide documentation regarding any missed deadlines, 
                                                                                      Missed deadlines, breaches  litigation or breaches of contract due to missed deadlines 
                 25    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                       8   of contract                resulting in compromises of an assessment program."  Does this 
                                                                                                                 refer to past issues or only those that occur during the course 
                                                                                                                 of the contract?  Does this refer only to other contracts of 
                                                                                                                 similar size and scope for other states?
                                                                                                                 Please elaborate on what is desired in the reference to sample 
                                                                                                                 items in the following: "All item specifications and a sample of 
                                                                                                                 items must represent both coverage of Indiana Standards (in 
                 26    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                      10   Sample items               depth and breadth) and be representative of item types to be 
                                                                                                                 used on the summative assessments must be reviewed for 
                                                                                                                 alignment to Indiana Academic Standards."  How, where, and 
                                                                                                                 when are these sample items to be provided?
                                                                                                                 On the previous page, the RFS indicated that items would be 
                                                                                                                 audited by the IDOE, whereas on this page it states that "A 
                 27    Please make a selection                                   10   Item audits                review of the item specifications and audit of items must be 
                                                                                                                 conducted with Indiana educators in advance of the operational 
                                                                                                                 use in 2018-19."  Will audits be conducted with both groups?
                                                                                                                 Several statements under English Language Arts Requirements 
                                                                                                                 and Mathematics Requirements indicated various information 
                                                                                                                 and/or evidence that "should be included" or "should be 
                 28    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                    16-18 Proposal contents           provided."  Is this information required to be included in the 
                                                                                                                 proposal or as part of the item development plan, test 
                                                                                                                 specifications, etc. to be provided as part of the work to be 
                                                                                                                 performed under contract?
                                                                                                                 Will printed, computer-generated responses inserted as loose-
                                                                                                                 leaf sheets into test books or answer documents still be allowed 
                 29    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                      19   Accommodations             for paper-based testing on ILEARN?  If so, will the vendor be 
                                                                                                                 responsible for transcribing these responses for scoring as 
                                                                                                                 well?  Please also provide estimated quantities.
                                                                                                                 Item n here suggests that parents or administrators would 
                                                                                                                 rescore student responses based on parent requests.  Is this the 
                 30    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                      26   Rescores                   IDOE's intent or is it simply that parents and administrators can 
                                                                                                                 submit rescore requests, with actual rescoring done by the 
                                                                                                                 vendor?  If so, please provide anticipated volumes for rescores.
                                                                                                                 Regarding the statement "Training developed for scoring the 
                                                                                                                 content of the assessment should be developed as non-secure to 
                 31    Attachment H: Scope of Work document                      32   Hand scoring training for  be made available to all educators in Indiana for transparency 
                                                                                      teachers                   of the scoring process," does this apply to all hand scored items 
                                                                                                                 or only those that teachers score?  Does this also then mean 
                                                                                                                 that all teacher-scored items will be released?
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