CCMEC is looking to establish a partnership with a staffing organization to provide recruitment services for the provision of temporary staffing test administrators (TAs) for the PISA 2025 field test (Scope A) and the main study (Scope B), in fulfillment of CCMEC requirements for PISA.
The Agreement for recruitment services for the provision of temporary staffing TAs for the PISA 2025 field test (Scope A) will be awarded to the successful Proponent first. The agreement for recruitment services for the provision of temporary staffing TAs for the PISA 2025 main study (Scope B) will be awarded to the successful Proponent only upon satisfactory completion of the Agreement for the field test. CCMEC reserves the right to revoke the Agreement for Scope B if, in CCMEC’s sole opinion, the Services provided by the Proponent under the Agreement for Scope A are found to be unsatisfactory.
To successfully implement PISA in the selected schools, CCMEC will require approximately 80 TAs for the field test and 270 to 300 TAs for the main study. TAs will be required from all ten provinces across Canada, depending on the location of the participating schools.
TAs will be responsible for administering the PISA assessment at the participating schools on the date(s) and time(s) stipulated by the schools. In addition, TAs will take part in online training sessions to be held approximately five weeks prior to the administration period (i.e. in March 2024 for the field test and in March 2025 for the main study).
In general, two TAs, a primary TA and a secondary TA, will be assigned to each participating school with over 15 selected students. Schools with 15 or less selected students will be allocated only one TA. Primary TAs will be responsible for initiating contact with their assigned school(s) and conducting an in-person pre-assessment visit to organize and confirm the test administration logistics with the school contact about three weeks prior to the test date; whereas secondary TAs will only be involved on the test administration days. Depending on the testing room size and the availability of computers in the school, schools may require more than one test administration day. Both primary and secondary TAs must participate in the online training sessions and familiarize themselves with all of the test administration materials and procedures prior to the test date. In most cases, TAs will be assigned to more than one school and their position (primary vs. secondary) will vary from school to school.
TAs must be available for the training as well as for the entire duration of the test administration periods [i.e. from April 22 to May 31, 2024 for the field test and April/May 2025 (TBC) for the main study]. TAs will be hired by CCMEC as consultants. CCMEC will issue contracts and will deal with all payment handling for TAs.
