Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 9/19/2017 - 7:00 PM
Category: DIVISION OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION & REPORTING
Type: Action
Subject: 18.4 Renewal Agreement with PACE Business Solutions to provide continued Teleform/FastScore software and hardware maintenance support for the 2017-2018 school year.
District Goals:
Goal 1
To educate all students for academic excellence.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
2017-08-22_PACE_Quote_for_Yonkers-Public-Schools_2017-2018_Teleform-FastScore-Software-Support.pdf
PACE- 8 Questions.docx
PACE Performance Based Contract Guidelines -.xls
PACE BOCS 17-18.xlsx
Rationale: Division of Research, Evaluation and Reporting
PACE Business Solutions-GML104B
TERM: 12/14/17-12/13/18 (Renewal)
AMOUNT: $19,741.00
Account:450-5231-1000000-2060-B2300
SCOPE: To meet the NYS Office of Assessment Policy, Development and Administration. requirement to use uniform answer sheets statewide for all Regents exams in June 2018. The District must maintain the capacity to build answer documents, scan, score, and report student responses and Regents results which will be used both in-school for report cards, transcripts and student records and for submission through the Student Information Repository System (SIRS). As part of this mandate, the District generates results that can load into the eSchoolPlus student management system, generate files that support mandated reporting to NYS, and provide almost immediate on-demand reports of individual and summary results (class, grade and school) for each exam. Supporting PC and scanner hardware for scanning, verification and reporting is maintained in conjunction with the Technology Department. This quote includes the increased capacity from 4 to 10 verifiers in order to process Regents efficiently and expeditiously.
Funding: General Funds 2017-2018
450-5231-100000-2060-B2300
Resolution: WHEREAS New York State is requiring uniform answer sheets and software be used statewide for administration and scoring of Regents Exams, and
WHEREAS all Regents Exams must be scored for NYSED analysis for June 2018, and
WHEREAS electronic files submission will be required for all item responses as well as the scores achieved by students, and
WHEREAS the district will ensure that each school that administers Regents will gain the capacity for on-demand individual, item and summary reports to inform school personnel of Regents results, and
WHEREAS the electronic scoring system must accurately and efficiently capture scores and load the information into the district student management system, and
WHEREAS Pace Business Solutions has demonstrated the capacity of Teleform/FastScore for Regents Exam scanning, scoring and score reporting in New York State, and
WHEREAS the District has evaluated past services from the vendor and has determined that Pace has performed in a satisfactory manner;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to renew its' agreement with Pace Business Solutions for maintenance and support for a total cost not to exceed $19,741.00.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Carla B. Collins - Executive Director
Signed By:
Patricia Malgieri - Manager of Administration
Signed By:
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
Signed By:
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:
Michael Curti - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:
Dr._Andrea_S. Coddett - Deputy Superintendent
Signed By:
Dr. Edwin M. Quezada - Superintendent of Schools
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member John Jacono Moved, Member Kevin Cacace seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS New York State is requiring uniform answer sheets and software be used statewide for administration and scoring of Regents Exams, and
WHEREAS all Regents Exams must be scored for NYSED analysis for June 2018, and
WHEREAS electronic files submission will be required for all item responses as well as the scores achieved by students, and
WHEREAS the district will ensure that each school that administers Regents will gain the capacity for on-demand individual, item and summary reports to inform school personnel of Regents results, and
WHEREAS the electronic scoring system must accurately and efficiently capture scores and load the information into the district student management system, and
WHEREAS Pace Business Solutions has demonstrated the capacity of Teleform/FastScore for Regents Exam scanning, scoring and score reporting in New York State, and
WHEREAS the District has evaluated past services from the vendor and has determined that Pace has performed in a satisfactory manner;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to renew its' agreement with Pace Business Solutions for maintenance and support for a total cost not to exceed $19,741.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 9 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 9 - 0
   
Andrea Brown     Yes
Edgar Santana     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Pasquale Mondesando     Yes
Judith_Ramos Meier     Yes
James Cavanaugh     Yes
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes
Dr._Nader_J. Sayegh     Yes
John Jacono     Yes