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Assessment management, literacy screening, ELA curriculum. A Massachusetts district is looking for a curriculum and assessment management system, while a Pennsylvania school system seeks a K-5 literacy screening and progress-monitoring system. In addition, a district in North Carolina is in the market for a K-12 English language arts curriculum.
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Boston Public Schools, Mass.
Focus: Curriculum and assessment management system
Students: 44,000
Deadline: Nov. 4, 2026 (RFI response deadline; no formal RFP issued yet)
The plan: Boston Public Schools is requestinginformation on curriculum and assessment management systems. The district said the platform should support the curriculum-embedded assessments as a part of the district’s implementation of high-quality instructional materials. It should handle both summative end-of-unit tests and formative checks such as exit tickets, fluency checks, and performance tasks. Vendors are asked to explain how their system supports the assessment formats of district-approved curricula.
The district said it wants to cut down on the number of platforms teachers use, so it is looking for access to lesson plans, pacing guides, and student materials alongside the assessments. Vendors should describe any partnerships with curriculum publishers. Email Sarah Jay at sjay@bostonpublicschools.org or Ileana Gruia at igruia@bostonpublicschools.org with any questions.
Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pa.
Focus: K-5 literacy screening and progress monitoring
Students: 20,000
Deadline: Nov. 23, 2026
The plan: Pittsburgh Public Schools is seeking a K-5 literacy universal screening, progress-monitoring, and instructional decision-support system, according to its request for proposals. The system should be capable of screening kindergarteners through grade 5. Screening should cover phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, oral reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teachers must receive specific recommended next instructional steps within two school days of an assessment, and same- or next-day results earn extra credit. The system must also help teachers form flexible groups of students with similar needs, track progress using clear decision rules, and support multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Questions must be submitted through the district’s online bidding portal.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, N.C.
Focus: K-12 English language arts curriculum
Students: 10,400
Deadline: Nov. 18, 2026
The plan: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in North Carolina is seeking a K-12 English language arts curriculum aligned to the state’s revised ELA standards, according to its request for proposals. The district said the curriculum should include systematic, explicit phonics and phonemic awareness instruction in grades K-5, along with core components covering fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. The district also wants built-in supports for students with disabilities, gifted students, and multilingual learners, and ongoing on-site professional learning with a dedicated consultant. Email Aisha Howard, executive director of curriculum and instruction for elementary schools, at ahoward@chccs.k12.nc.us with any questions.
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Michelle Caffrey is assistant managing editor for EdWeek Market Brief. Since joining the publication in 2022, her reporting has focused on investment, M&A, and company leadership in the K-12 market. She spent the first decade of her journalism career as a reporter in the Greater Philadelphia area, covering technology and higher education for the Philadelphia Business Journal and reporting on education, politics, and crime in South Jersey for NJ Advance Media/NJ.com.
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