Personalised Assessments in Reading and Numeracy

Welsh Government is awarding a contract to deliver Personalised Assessments in Wales as a full end-to-end digital service. Personalised assessments in reading and numeracy are statutory for learners in maintained schools in Wales from Years 2 to 9. The adaptive assessments are designed to support understanding of individual learner progression as part of Curriculum for Wales.

The assessments are for formative use, with a range of feedback on individuals, classes and groups that support understanding of strengths and areas for improvement.

The successful supplier will be required to provide a continuation of a digital service, develop and deliver a suite of services, including:

• An intuitive and user-friendly web-based and fully bilingual interface;
• A suite of four web-based adaptive assessments – English Reading, Welsh Reading, Numeracy (Procedural) and Numeracy (Reasoning);
• Content for the adaptive assessments appropriate for learners from Year 2 to 9
• Reporting (standardised and bespoke);
• Bilingual support/service desk; and
• Provide fully hosted infrastructure (UK/EU located data centre).

The successful supplier will be required to:

• be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes;
• ensure the solution is fully bilingual and complies with level AAA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) / ISO 40500:2012;
• manage the integration with existing systems, ensuring efficient and ongoing data transfer and providing a fully integrated solution with a single sign-on;
• manage the seamless and secure transition from the current service to the new solution, including all content and data migration, the adaptive algorithm and assessment reports; and
• take an innovative approach, seeking to improve and add value to the service, as new products and approaches become available.