Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Agreement for Technical Services with Keyboard Consultants for FCAT ITEM REVIEW Activities, Visually Impaired Grant - $25,000 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The District Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) assists the Florida Department of Education (DOE) by providing expert reviews of each individual item on the 2007/2008 FCAT to ensure that the items are appropriate for visually impaired students.

In collaboration with FIMC-VI, the consultant will review the items from each subtest of the FCAT Sunshine State Standards (SSS) for the Grade 10 Reading and Mathematics Retake Tests; all Form One test items for the Spring FCAT administration which will include the FCAT SSS Reading and Mathematics items for Grades 3-10; Science items for Grades 5, 8, and 11; Writing+ items for Grades 4, 8, and 10; and all items which are incorporated into FCAT interpretive materials (such as FCAT Sample Tests). The consultant will also transcribe student answer documents from Braille into print for FCAT Grades 9-11 in Reading, Mathematics, and Science.

Keyboard Consultants has successfully performed these functions to the satisfaction of DOE for the past six years.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Grant funds of $25,000 are included in the divisional special revenue/federal programs budget, Project 1204. The grant is financed by State General Revenue funds provided by the Florida Department of Education Office of Assessment and School Performance as authorized by Section 1008.22, Florida Statutes.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Wynne A. Tye, General Director, Exceptional Student Education
 Suzanne A. Dalton, Supervisor, Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired

Michael A. Grego, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20070313_235 * Section E Item# 5.19