Pricing and Benefits to Administer Northstar at Your Location

Schools, businesses, libraries, and workforce centers can all use Northstar.

Pricing

Plan Single Network Business
Non-profit, library, school, workforce center with one location Organizations with multiple locations, including non-profits, libraries, schools, workforce centers, statewide networks, and others For-profit organizations of any size
Subscription Options Ask a Question Subscribe More Info for a network More Info for a business
Price $500 per year Contact Us Contact Us
Is your organization in Minnesota? In Minnesota? Your organization may qualify for a subsidized rate. Please contact us for custom pricing.
Service Level For clients with less than 500 learner accounts, and 3500 assessments per year, with optional greater capacity* Number of learners and assessments dependent on network size
Features Our many resources and features common to all subscribers

Our many resources and features common to all subscribers, plus:

Note to individuals: if you are wanting to take an assessment, Northstar is free to use. You can take assessments on our homepage, or alternatively take them through a participating Northstar location to earn a certificate.

* — For more information on pricing beyond 3,500 assessments and/or 500 learner accounts, please contact us.

Consultation and Training

Staff have significant skills and expertise in areas including Best Practices in Northstar Implementation, Getting Started with Northstar, Integrating Northstar into Current Educational Programming, Using Northstar Remotely, Implementing a Digital Navigation Program, and Training staff or volunteers to be Digital Navigators. Each training is customized to your organization’s needs, and includes consultation with Northstar staff to create a presentation specific to you. This training is provided for a fee; please contact us for pricing.

Join Northstar

Becoming a Northstar location has many tangible benefits, such as accessing data about your end-users' assessments and awarding certificates.

If you have any questions, please contact us. We regret that we are unable to provide phone support.

Benefits of Becoming a Northstar Location

  1. A unique testing launch page that automatically saves all results with test takers' first and last names.
  2. Badge exampleCan award certificates and specialized digital badges to end-users when they pass each assessment.
  3. Technical supportCan access online assistance and technical support.
  4. Admin report regarding # of assessments by topicHave an admin portal to view assessment results, create learner accounts, and view learner progress. See example reports.
  5. NSOL DashboardReceive access to Northstar Online Learning (our learning management system) and classroom curricula.
  6. View more information on Northstar features.

We first started looking at this when some of our participants were dropping out of training programs because they were unable to keep up with the technology demands with the training vendor. We began marketing the assessments and basic computer courses to promote employment success... we have less people dropping out of training programs, and we have good employment performance...