Alabama State Department of Education

Buyer seeks an English Learner (EL) platform to aid in creating Individual English Language Plans for nearly 50,000 EL students across 143 public school systems. The platform must house student information, provide communication between educators and parents, offer instructional resources, deliver professional development, and track student progress. The solution should create a centralized system ensuring EL programs meet federal regulations while meeting individual student needs.

• 4/14/2025 - Question Submission Deadline
• 4/15/2025 - Question Responses Due
• 4/25/2025 - Proposal Due Date

• Currently registered with Alabama Department of Finance as State Vendor
• Enrolled in E-verify program
• Experience collecting data with/in similar government agencies
• Experience working on data integration from third parties
• Experience in data collection, analysis, submission, and reporting

• Develop data portal syncing with PowerSchool student information system
• Create Individual English Language Plans (I-ELPs) with accommodations
• Build tools for student progress tracking over time
• Provide two-way communication system between schools/districts and families
• Develop instructional resources tailored to EL student needs
• Enable documentation of EL committee meetings
• Implement tracking of forms and teacher communications
• Extract student demographic information from multiple systems
• Deliver professional development to school districts' educators
• Create alignment with WIDA's K-12 Can Do Descriptors
• Integrate ACCESS for ELLs assessment data
• Develop parent notification system available in multiple languages
• Include features for interpreting and translation assistance
• Provide monitoring tools for EL student progress
• Create differentiation strategies for diverse EL students
• Design on-demand professional development modules with resources
• Support documentation for federal EL program compliance
• Enable communication between EL and regular classroom teachers
• Develop reports based on demographic and assessment data
• Support documentation of instructional strategies for ELs