California English Language Development Test (CELDT)
NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.
Funding Description
The California Department of Education (CDE), through this Request for Proposals (RFP), invites submission for the ongoing development, administration, scoring, reporting, and analysis of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). The CELDT is a criterion-referenced test aligned to the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted English Language Development (ELD) Standards that assess the English language proficiency of pupils whose primary language is a language other than English.Eligibility
Eligible Applicants | Institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies |
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Required Eligibility Criteria | The bidder must be legally constituted and qualified to do business within the State of California. If required by law, any business entity required to be registered with the Secretary of State, must submit a current Certificate of Good Standing issued by the California Secretary of State. |
Other Eligibility Considerations | The bidder must have at least 36 months of recent experience in the development, administration, scoring, reporting, and analysis of results of large-scale assessments. |
Eligible Grade Level(s) | Not applicable |
Eligible Age Level(s) | Not applicable |
Funding
Legal Authority | California Education Code Section 60810 et seq. |
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Source / Type | Federal / Contract |
State Fiscal Year | 2008-09 |
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes | 0000 / 8290 |
Total Available | $39,061,000 |
Recipient Amount | For Funding, see Additional Information below. |
Match Requirement | No |
Allocation Formula | Unavailable |
Important Dates
Date Application Available | October 7, 2008 |
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Due Date | November 18, 2008 |
Expected Notification Date | January 16, 2009 |
Additional Information
Application | CELDT 2008-09 Request for Proposal [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r19/celdt08rfp.asp] |
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Background | California English Language Development Test [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/] |
Fiscal | Unavailable |
Other | Contract funding is contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act. Previously, CDE has been appropriated $12,000,000.00 per fiscal year (FY). The money is appropriated for entire fiscal years; therefore, the entire fiscal year funding is not available for this contract in 2008-09 (maximum of $2,168,000.00), FY 2009-10 (maximum of $11,673,000.00), FY 2010-11 (maximum of $12,110,000.00), FY 2011-12 (maximum of $1,000,000.00), and FY 2012-13 (maximum of $1,000,000.00) due to the overlapping of contracts. |
Contacts
Program | Kristen Brown, 916-323-6860, kbrown@cde.ca.gov |
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Fiscal | Kerri Wong, 916-319-0333, kewong@cde.ca.gov |
Division | Assessment Development & Administration Division, 916-319-0784 (phone), 916-319-0967 (fax) |
Last Modified:
December 22, 2008
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