Personalised Assessments in Reading and Numeracy

Tender description

Welsh Government is awarding a contract to deliver Personalised Assessments in Wales as a full end-to-end digital service. Personalised assessments in reading and numeracy are statutory for learners in maintained schools in Wales from Years 2 to 9. The adaptive assessments are designed to support understanding of individual learner progression as part of Curriculum for Wales. The assessments are for formative use, with a range of feedback on individuals, classes and groups that support understanding of strengths and areas for improvement. The successful supplier will be required to provide a continuation of a digital service, develop and deliver a suite of services, including: - An intuitive and user-friendly web-based and fully bilingual interface; - A suite of four web-based adaptive assessments – English Reading, Welsh Reading, Numeracy (Procedural) and Numeracy (Reasoning); - Content for the adaptive assessments appropriate for learners from Year 2 to 9 - Reporting (standardised and bespoke); - Bilingual support/service desk; and - Provide fully hosted infrastructure (UK/EU located data centre). The successful supplier will be required to: - be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes; - ensure the solution is fully bilingual and complies with level AAA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) / ISO 40500:2012; - manage the integration with existing systems, ensuring efficient and ongoing data transfer and providing a fully integrated solution with a single sign-on; - manage the seamless and secure transition from the current service to the new solution, including all content and data migration, the adaptive algorithm and assessment reports; and - take an innovative approach, seeking to improve and add value to the service, as new products and approaches become available. Lot 1: The contract will be for 4 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months (6 years in total).