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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;text-align:left;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">The Ohio Department of Education</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">is seeking </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">vendor proposals </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">in response to</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> t</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">he department’s Common </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Request for Qualifications (</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">RFQ</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> for Assessments for </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">u</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">se by Ohio school districts in the following areas:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Comparable Assessments to Ohio’s K-3 Diagnostic Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">K-3 Diagnostic</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Comparable Assessments to Ohio’s K-3 Diagnostic Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee with Dyslexia Screening (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">K-3 Diagnostic/Dyslexia Screener</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">) </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Tier One Dyslexia Screening Measure (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Dyslexia Screener</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span></span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alternative Standardized Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alt Reading</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alternative Standardized Assessment for Grades 3-8 (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alt 3-8</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">) for Chartered Nonpublic Schools</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alternative High School Assessments for Graduation (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Alt HS</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">) for Chartered Nonpublic Schools</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">High Quality Student Data (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">HQSD</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Gifted Prescreening and Identification (</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Gifted Assessment</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span>
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