Thursday, February 14, 2019

What did MNPS [and MCPS] get for $1 million? Potentially, not much #PerformanceMatters #JackRSmith #NoBid


Like Nashville, TN, Montgomery County Public Schools also had a no bid Performance Matters contract and in FY18 spent $1.5 million on that contract.

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What did Metro Nashville Public Schools get for $1 million?
In the case of a student assessment program developed by a company that Schools Director Dr. Shawn Joseph liked, the answer may be: not much.
As NewsChannel 5 Investigates previously reported, after Joseph's arrival in Nashville in 2016, he ordered MNPS staff to sign a deal with Performance Matters for its Unify student assessment platform.
"In 2016, a transition team made up of local, state and national experts shared that Nashville needed to focus on student achievement -- with a sense of urgency," Metro Schools said in a written statement.
Without giving any other company a chance to offer its services, Metro Schools signed the $1 million deal with Performance Matters, piggybacking on a deal the company had struck with Orange County Public Schools in Florida.
After questions raised by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, MNPS admitted it violated state law when it piggybacked on an out-of-state contract.
But our investigation also discovered questions about whether the Performance Matters contract was really utilized by Nashville teachers...

1 comment:

  1. Don't forget about the connection that Jack "Dolittle" Smith's number one paid consultant has to Performance Matters: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=9z8e78cab&oeidk=a07e51ak98sa86afca9.

    Gemberling and Dolittle were co-presenters at the 2012 MABE conference: https://www.mabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2012-Conference-program.pdf

    Will the MCPS BOE have the courage to ask Jack about his relationship with Gemberling on the record during a televised meeting? Will they ask about Gemberling's relationship with Performance Matters and how Performance Matters has been awarded no bid contracts in MCPS while she is a paid consultant to Jack?

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