Pricing and Benefits to Administer Northstar at Your Location

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

Pricing

Select what type of subscription best matches your organization, to see more information:

Price:

Starts at $500/year (please note prices for all locations, new and continuing, will increase to $550/year starting July 1st 2025)

Features:

our many resources and features common to all subscribers.

Capacity:

Up to 500 learner accounts and 3,500 assessments per year. For greater capacity, please contact us.

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In Minnesota? Your organization may qualify for a subsidized rate. Please contact us for custom pricing.

Features:

Each location in your organization will receive their own Northstar account that includes the many resources and features common to all subscribers.

Additionally, Northstar networks also gain access to:

  • A single network admin portal that can generate aggregate reports that summarize data across multiple locations
  • Network admin accounts that can manage staff accounts and location information for all locations in the network
  • Optional implementation consulting

Pricing:

please contact us for custom pricing.

More Info

Price:

$1000/year per location

Features:

our many resources and features common to all subscribers.

Service Level:

Each location can have up to 500 learner accounts and 3,500 assessments per year, with optional greater capacity.

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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.

Usage Tiers

The pricing on this page reflects Tier 1 usage below. Higher usage levels of Northstar are available and will influence pricing accordingly. You can always contact us to verify expected pricing for your intended usage.

Tier Number of Activated Learner Accounts per Year Number of Assessments per Year
Tier 1 1 - 500 learners 1 - 3500 assessments
Tier 2 501 - 1000 learners 3501 - 7000 assessments
Tier 3 1001 - 1500 learners 7001 - 10500 assessments
Tier 4 1501 - 2000 learners 10501 - 14000 assessments
Tier 5 2001 - 2500 learners 14001 - 17500 assessments
Higher levels of usage are available, and have a standard increment of 500 learners and 3500 assessments.

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