Boston is looking for formative assessments in math and English, and Florida’s flagship virtual education program, the Florida Virtual School, appears to have settled on an LMS provider.
Tennessee has hired Questar to give state exams, and in Utah, the Waterford Institute won a big government grant to expand online pre-K education.
The largest school district in the country is giving vendors an opportunity to share their plans for improving the Big Apple’s professional development for academic intervention services. Missouri’s statewide education agency announced that it would hang onto its incumbent test-writing vendor.
The Frederick, Va., schools award a $3 million contract for software-as-a-service; and a San Antonio-area system looks for Web programming and maintenance help.
The Houston Independent School District is looking for a vendor to build an online tool for tracking and handling hotline complaints it receives, with the goal of resolving problems that get flagged.
A major school district in Texas puts out a general call for software and an Ohio district seals a deal to design online curriculum.
Atlanta’s school system is looking for a vendor to inventory its assets; another Georgia system wants a major tech upgrade of its transportation system.
Massachusetts officials have hired an organization to develop reports that can help local school systems allocate resources wisely.
A Missouri district chooses a new LMS provider, in a move that it says will save $100,000 per year; and and a South Carolina district wants software to help moderate its students online behaviors.
An Illinois consortium of public and private schools is looking to buy Chromebooks, and New York officials need help revamping their teacher-evaluation system.