Assessment and Accountability Workstreams

2026-11-03

Please note : This is a Sole Source Notification . The Department of Administration , State Procurement Services Division , is considering a request from the Office of Public Instruction , to award a Sole Source contract to Center for Assessment for Technical Assistance for assessment and accountability . The determination of this Sole Source purchase is based on the following requirements : 1 . The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment ( Center for Assessment ) proposes to assist Montana ' s Office of Public Instruction ( OPI ) in the ongoing implementation , development , and revision of the State ' s : • Summative assessment programs , especially the Montana Aligned to Standards Through - Year ( MAST ) assessment programs , and • Implementation of its accountability system based primarily on results from the 2024 - 2025 school year . 2 . The proposed duration of this scope of work is December 1 , 2025 , through January 1 , 2026 . This start date depends on when the contract is signed and executed . 3 . There are two workstreams that must be completed by January 1 , 2027 . Workstream 1 Assessment : Regular meetings , MAST Support , development of professional development materials for that assessment audit learning module , presentations to stakeholder groups , evaluation plans , and stakeholder engagement activities . In addition , there needs to be technical support for OPI to develop one or more “ use cases ’ around growth and how the growth metric will support the field . Workstream 2 Accountability : Regular meetings , provide technical support for OPI to implement the processes and procedures involved in calculating Additional Targeted Support and Improvement ( ATSI ), develop written rules based on OPI provided documentation , provide a template for technical documentation needed for the federal accountability system , using the skip - year growth model .

Montana

2026-04-29