Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Renewal Agreement for Technical Services with Keyboard Consultants, Inc. for FCAT PROOFREADING Activities, Visually Impaired Grant - $17,897 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We request approval of the renewal Agreement for Technical Services with Keyboard Consultants to proofread each individual item in both the contracted and uncontracted Braille version of the 2008 FCAT to ensure that the items are transcribed appropriately for visually impaired students. The District Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) assists the Florida Department of Education (DOE) in providing this service for the state of Florida.

In collaboration with FIMC-VI, the consultant will proofread 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 and the FCAT contractors for the past seven years.

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

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Funds of $17,897 are included in the divisional special revenue/federal programs budget, Project 1317, Florida Instructional Materials Center – Visually Impaired.

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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