The district's current online formative assessment program, the SCPT, serves as the assessment tool to monitor student progress in grades 2-12 in reading and mathematics, and grades 2-8 & 11 in science.  In 2005-06, the district entered into a 3-year contract with TPR for the development of standards-based benchmark assessments customized for Sarasota County and for the provision of the web-based platform and related functionalities for the online administration and reporting for the SCPT formative assessments. To continue the SCPT in 2008-09, the agreement with TPR will provide services and deliverables to include user licenses for all teachers and administrators to the online assessment center, the continued use of 78 custom benchmark tests, continued access to the item bank and mini-assessments used by teachers to create classroom assessments, and all data analysis and reporting features.

That the agreement with The Princeton Review, Inc., to provide the online SCPT formative assessment from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 be approved as presented.