On December 20, 2010, the Department released a Request for Information (RFI) to gather technical expertise pertaining to assessment technology standards (http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2010-4/122010e.html). The RFI posed a series of questions related to interoperability and assessment technology standards, to which we invited interested members of the public to respond. The RFI noted the potential uses of the responses:
First of all, we expect to use this information to help determine the appropriate interoperability standards for assessments and related work developed under the Race to the Top Assessment (RTTA) program. Secondly, we expect to use this information to help us develop related standards-based programs. For example, we might, in the future, offer additional grants, contracts, or awards and some of those offerings may include similar interoperability requirements. This RFI may be used to help set the interoperability requirements for those offerings as well as the existing RTTA program.
We are pleased to publicly release the comments received. Please note that the Department does not endorse or recommend these responses; we are simply providing this information to the public for its use.
The following groups or organizations submitted responses:
- Accessible Portable Item Profile (APIP) Project
- APIP response (PDF)
- APIP Content & User Profile Tagging Map (PDF)
- Advaiya
- Advaiya response (PDF)
- Advaiyas (PDF)
- American Association of Community Colleges (PDF)
- Assessment Solutions Group (ASG)
- ASG response (MS Word)
- ASG white paper (PDF)
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
- Creative Commons (PDF)
- Educational Testing Service (ETS) (PDF)
- Florida Department of Education (PDF)
- IMS Global Learning Consortium (PDF)
- Invitational Research Symposium on Technology-Enabled and Universally Designed Assessments
- Symposium participants response (PDF)
- “Measuring Cognition of Students with Disabilities Using Technology-Enabled Assessments: Recommendations for a National Research Agenda,” The Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, Vol. 4, Num. 4 (November 2010) (PDF)
- “Technology-Enabled and Universally Designed Assessment: Considering Access in Measuring the Achievement of Students with Disabilities—A Foundation for Research,” The Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, Vol. 10, Num. 5 (November 2010) (PDF)
- Learning Disabilities Association of America (MS Word)
- McGraw-Hill Education (PDF)
- Moodlerooms, Inc. (MS Word)
- National Down Syndrome Society (MS Word)
- National School Boards Assocation (PDF)
- National Universal Design for Learning Task Force (UDL) (MS Word)
- Pacific Metrics (PDF)
- Pearson (PDF)
- Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PDF)
- SIF Association (PDF)
- Software & Information Industry Association (PDF)
- Wireless Generation (PDF)
A summary and analysis of these responses created by the Department can be found at http://www.ed.gov/oii-news/summary-interoperable-assessment-technology-standards-public-responses
*NOTE: Some of these files are not yet posted due to problems making them fully accessible to the public, per requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As they are made accessible, they will be posted here.