Microsoft Office Specialist Program

Licensing for K-12 classrooms, higher education campuses, and states

Our licensing options will help you stay ahead of the curve.

Choose the license that fits

  • K-12 site license - Lower costs, expanded implementation, increased control, and simplified budgeting.
  • Higher Education campus - Increased access to exams, lower costs, increased control, and simplified budgeting.
  • Statewide implementation - Volume discounts, improved education metrics, and tangible data for API reporting.

K-12 license

With the Microsoft Office Specialist K-12 License, your school can conduct testing in one classroom with up to 30 computers. The affordable once-a-year fee makes it easy to budget all your tests. Because there is no per-test cost, your school can economically provide all the exams required to ensure student certification. Your costs are capped.
Best of all, this license requires only one approval per year. If you decide to cover the annual cost through student fees, the K-12 License can help you recover costs and ensure a sustainable program. It also enables you extend testing to your instructors as part of a professional development program.

LICENSE AT A GLANCE: K-12

What
  • 1 Classroom
  • Up to 30 Computers
Budget Benefits
  • Annual fee
  • Costs capped
  • One approval per year
  • Can cover costs through student fees
Curriculum Reach
  • Expand to all students and programs
  • High-volume usage
  • No price barrier
  • No scheduling conflicts
Other Benefits
  • Instructors can test and certify
  • No Certiport Authorized Testing Center fee
  • Comprehensive customer support
  • Electronic fulfillment of certificates

Campus license

This license caters to institutions of higher education. With the Microsoft Office Specialist Campus License, your institution can conduct testing per campus. The affordable once-a-year fee makes it easy to budget for the number of products and number of students in your program.
Because there is no per-test cost, your school can economically provide all the exams required to ensure student certification. Your costs are capped. This license also enables you to extend testing to your instructors as part of a professional development program.

LICENSE AT A GLANCE: Campus

What
  • Campus license for higher education campuses
  • Exam cap: 500
  • Practice exam not included
Budget Benefits
  • Annual fee
  • Costs capped
  • One approval per year
  • Can cover costs through student fees
Curriculum Reach
  • Increased access to certification exams
  • Provide testing services
  • No price barrier
  • No scheduling conflicts
Other Benefits
  • Instructors can test and certify
  • Digital transcript service for students
  • Comprehensive customer support
  • Electronic fulfillment of certificates

Statewide implementation license

Empower every student in your state with access to leading IT certifications. With a Statewide Implementation License, you will receive volume discounts on all of Certiport’s IT certification programs, curriculum, and practice test licenses.

Statewide agreements give all students equal access to Microsoft Office Specialist certifications. It includes free professional development for your educators.

The complete statewide package

When you invest in the Statewide Implementation License, Certiport goes all out for you. You get a dedicated project manager with ownership for overall state success and individual user experience; an in-person kickoff meeting; a weekly conference call with key stakeholders to review performance; campaigns and competitions to encourage certification outcomes; and full reporting for statewide roll-up and legislative reports, including full statewide analysis, LEA/regional reporting, district by district, and school/teacher/student.

For more information, please reach out to Mike.Maddock@pearson.com and/or Brent.Clark@pearson.com.

 

How to implement Microsoft Office Specialist statewide

North Carolina has seen great success from implementing Microsoft Office Specialist statewide. They evaluated the program, ran pilots, trained instructors, and leveraged statewide buying power. Now they're witnessing the outstanding results of their efforts.

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