Approve Agreement for Technical Services with Sherrill O’Brien for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Transcribing Activities, Visually Impaired Grant (Curriculum and Instruction Division, Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired FIMC-VI)

The District Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) assists the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) by transcribing each individual student response from Braille into print for both the contracted and uncontracted Braille versions of the 2009 FCAT.

In collaboration with FIMC-VI, the consultant will transcribe the student answer documents from Braille into print of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) for the retake tests; the spring FCAT administration, which will include the FCAT reading and mathematics for grades 3-8, science for grades 5 and 8, and writing for grades 4, 8, and 10. Additionally, for any Florida districts that have not completed the transcription, the consultant will transcribe the student answer documents of the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA).

The contractor has successfully performed this function to the satisfaction of FDOE and the FCAT contractors for the past eight years.

* Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates

Funds of $9,500 are included in the divisional special revenue/federal program budget, Project 1517 (Florida Instructional Materials Center – Visually Impaired). All expenditures for this activity are reimbursed by the FDOE and FCAT development contractor.