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A -- FOREIGN LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK AND SPECIFICATIONS SOL ED99R0006 DUE 021599 POC Stephen Swearingen, 202-357-0392, Contracting Officer, Sharif Shakrani, 202-357-6938 The National Assessment Governing Board has the need to have recommendations developed for a framework and specifications for the National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP). Specifically, the requirement is to develop recommendations for the review, modification, and/or adoption by the National Assessment Governing Board(NAGB), of the framework and specifications for the first NAEP foreign language assessment, scheduled for 2003. The NAEP assessment shall be conducted at the secondary school level in Spanish, with the possibility of one or more small-scale special studies in other languages and grade levels. The period of performance will be fourteen months. RFP ED99R0006 will be issued on or about January 15, 1999. It is anticipated that the closing date for receipt of proposals will be on or about March 1, 1999. The RFP can be retrieved in any of the following ways: The complete RFP will appear on the NAGB web site, http://www.NAGB.org, where the Statement of Work can be viewed, or the complete solicitation can be downloaded; Telephone requests should be placed by calling 202-357-0392 or 202-357-6938; Fax requests may be sent to 202-357-6945 and Written requests should be sent to the address above. In response to telephone, FAX or written requests, RFP's will be mailed regular U.S. Postal Service mail on or after the release date. Copies may be picked up on or after the date of release at the address given above. Posted 01/08/99 (I-SN286525). (0008)

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