Research Regarding Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools

Overview

<p>The purpose of this Request for Documented Quotations is to obtain competitive proposals from qualified individuals and firms to provide the following:</p> <ol> <li>Study of Colorado charter schools’ provision of services for students with moderate to-severe Needs</li> <li>Study of the family experience with K-12 student choice in Colorado</li> <li>Presentation of study findings to stakeholders</li> </ol> <p> </p><p><strong>Exhibit A SCOPE OF SERVICES: Overview and Purpose</strong></p> <p>The Colorado Charter School Institute in partnership with the Colorado Association for School Authorizers (CACSA) and funded by the National Dissemination Grant, seeks to research proven strategies to help students with moderate to severe disabilities to appropriately access, enroll in, and receive services in Colorado charter schools. CSI also seeks to disseminate these strategies to support charter schools and districts improve their outreach, recruitment, and enrollment procedures to remove barriers that families may encounter when enrolling students with disabilities in charter schools.</p> <ol> <li> CSI is seeking qualified vendors to conduct research that explores the traits of high-quality instructional programs in Colorado charter schools for students with moderate to severe special needs.</li> <li>CSI also seeks a qualified vendor to conduct research that explores how families of children with disabilities navigate school choice in Colorado, with a focus on families attempting to enroll their children in Colorado charter schools in addition to families’ considerations of charters relative to other local education options.</li> <li>Vendor(s) selected to conduct the research must also write a report summarizing their findings, and present their findings to the stakeholder group.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Vendor Objectives </strong></p> <p>Conduct research and produce two research studies that explore the topics described below and present at workshop(s) that are convened by CACSA to help charter school authorizers and other stakeholders learn about the research and consider any recommended changes identified in the studies. The vendor will use mixed methods, potentially including analysis of data and materials from districts and schools, interviews, focus groups, and stakeholder surveys.</p> <p>Create presentation materials and participation in workshop(s) that assist district authorizers in implementing any recommendations identified in the research studies.</p> <p>Collaborate with CACSA and its partners to gather input from the CACSA Committee on Individualized Education which is comprised of CACSA member districts, CACSA’s Executive Director, and CSI staff, to complete the following objectives, which are fully described below [excerpt]</p> <ul> <li><strong>Task 1:</strong> Study of Colorado charter schools’ provision of services for students with moderate-to-severe Needs</li> <li><strong>Task 2:</strong> Study of the family experience with K-12 student choice in Colorado</li> <li><strong>Task 3:</strong> Presentation of study findings to stakeholders</li> </ul>