Opt-In to NCED Connect

Districts and charter schools can opt-in and take advantage of the full suite of NCED Connect (formerly Home Base) applications and its many features for the 2026-27 school year starting May 27, 2026!  The cost to districts and charters will be - $1.50/Allotted ADM.  

The deadline for opting in is July 30, 2026.

Below are resources and additional convenience contract products for the 2026-27 opt-in process.  If you have questions about the NCED Connect Opt-In process, please contact Jennifer Causey at jennifer.causey@dpi.nc.gov.

2026-27 NCED Connect (formerly Home Base) Opt-In Resources

NCED Connect Pricing Memo

Opt-In Tool  

 NCED Connect Opt-In Status

 

Other Convenience Contracts

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Other NCED Connect (formerly Home Base) Products available through convenience contracts are Canvas, Learning.com, PRoPL (formerly Transcend), and Navvy. Please use the tabs above to learn more about each of the products.

All price quotes are good for the 2026-27 school year. Prices are based on state-appropriated funding and are subject to change in subsequent years. If you are interested in learning more, please contact NCED Connect.

Canvas is a learning management system that provides a robust, flexible platform for curriculum content and digital tool integration. 

Canvas Studio is a video engagement add-on for Canvas LMS that allows for video creation, management, and analytics. It is available for an additional $1.06 per user with a startup fee for new users.

For a quote for Canvas or Canvas Studio, please contact Jenna Lagerman.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is pleased to announce that Public School Units (PSUs) in NC Tier 1 and Tier 2 Counties are eligible to receive NCDPI K-8 Digital Literacy Initiative implementation funding for the 2025-2026 school year.  This funding will support the implementation of the Learning.com K-8 Digital Literacy curriculum, which is designed to encourage student growth in computational thinking, digital citizenship, online safety, visual mapping, databases, and computer fundamentals.  

 

Session Law 2023-134 provides up to $4,000,000 of the Digital Learning Initiative to public school units, PSUs, to support K-8 digital literacy. This opportunity is brought to you through a partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and Learning.com.  If your PSU is located in a county that the North Carolina Department of Commerce has designated as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 County (economically distressed), then your PSU is eligible for this funding opportunity. 

 

Learning.com is currently working with over 80 of your PSU peers across the state. These PSUs have seen their K-8 students demonstrate knowledge and skill growth across digital literacy and computer science skills, such as online safety and digital citizenship, AI literacy, computer and IT fundamentals, keyboarding, coding, productivity tools, and more.

 

If you accept this funding, your educators will gain access to Learning.com's comprehensive K-8 digital literacy curriculum and receive free professional development and implementation support from the NC State Program Manager, Tiffany Kinney, tkinney@learning.com. This comprehensive support is designed to empower your educators and ensure the successful implementation of the curriculum.

 

Please complete the K-8 Digital Literacy Interest Survey by April 30, 2026. For additional information and to learn what your peers say about Learning.com’s curriculum, check out Learning.com's North Carolina webpage and check out one of these webinars:

 

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 10:00 - 10:30 am EST | Click HERE to register for webinar

Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 10:00 - 10:30 am EST | Click HERE to register for webinar

 

For North Carolina Tier 1 & Tier 2 PSUs that are NEW to Learning.com for the 26-27 school year, Learning.com is offering early access to their curriculum and onboarding. Pending no legislation or budget changes, you will receive a communication about the next steps.

 

We're here to support you every step of the way. If you have any questions or need more information, please don't hesitate to contact Learning.com's NC State Program Manager, Tiffany Kinney (tkinney@learning.com). You can also schedule a demo to see Learning.com's curriculum in action. We look forward to your participation in the K-8 Digital Literacy Intent Survey. 

 

Remember, the interest survey is due April 30, 2026. 

 

If you have any other questions, please contact your regional consultant:

Map of North Carolina by the 8 regions and districts

Northeast Region- Meredith.Hill@dpi.nc.gov

Southeast Region- Lauren.Boucher@dpi.nc.gov

North Central Region-  Jennifer.Graham@dpi.nc.gov

Sandhills Region- Jill.Darrough@dpi.nc.gov

Piedmont-Triad Region- Brian.Whitson@dpi.nc.gov

Southwest Region- Lindsey.Sipe@dpi.nc.gov

Northwest Region- Jordan.Caldwell@dpi.nc.gov

Western Region- Stacy.Lovdahl@dpi.nc.gov

PRoPL (formerly Transcend), the Pearson Review of Progress & Learning, is a series of three standards-based interim tests designed to measure student growth during the school year. The interim tests are intended to be completed in about 30 minutes and provide immediate educator feedback on areas of student strengths and opportunities for learning towards meeting end of year goals. Scale scores are provided for each content area and reporting category, as well as Lexiles and Quantiles. Standards-based item-level reporting provides educators with student response, standard, and item difficulty data to inform focused support.

 

PRoPL is made available to grades 3 – 8 at an additional cost of $5 per ADM. 

 

For more information, please contact Catherine Simone.

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Upcoming Webinars:
Webinar Title: Making Sense of NC Assessments: Where Navvy + PRoPL Fit
Description:
North Carolina districts use a variety of assessments throughout the year to better understand student learning and support instructional decision-making.
In this brief session, we’ll explore where Navvy and PRoPL fit within that broader assessment landscape and how they can support educators with timely, actionable insights.
During this session, we will highlight:
• How Navvy provides real-time formative insight into student thinking and classroom learning
• How PRoPL offers adaptive interim data to help monitor progress over time
• How these tools can support screening, progress monitoring, and instructional planning across the school year
This practical overview is designed for district leaders, testing coordinators, MTSS teams, and instructional leaders interested in strengthening how assessment data supports student success.
Dates & Registration Links:


 

Navvy is a classroom assessment system that both formatively assesses and tracks standard-by-standard learning to provide immediate, actionable results to correctly inform personalized instruction. Navvy provides timely, reliable feedback to monitor and advance student progress on required state or district standards. It encourages students to set smart goals and earn badges for competencies of academic standards through multiple assessment opportunities.

 

Navvy is made available to grades 3 – 8 for Reading and Math at an additional cost of $9 per ADM.

For more information, please contact Catherine Simone.

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Upcoming Webinars:
Webinar Title: Making Sense of NC Assessments: Where Navvy + PRoPL Fit
Description:
North Carolina districts use a variety of assessments throughout the year to better understand student learning and support instructional decision-making.
In this brief session, we’ll explore where Navvy and PRoPL fit within that broader assessment landscape and how they can support educators with timely, actionable insights.
During this session, we will highlight:
• How Navvy provides real-time formative insight into student thinking and classroom learning
• How PRoPL offers adaptive interim data to help monitor progress over time
• How these tools can support screening, progress monitoring, and instructional planning across the school year
This practical overview is designed for district leaders, testing coordinators, MTSS teams, and instructional leaders interested in strengthening how assessment data supports student success.
Dates & Registration Links:

Frequently Asked Questions

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The cost to PSUs and charters has increased - to $1.50/ADM which gives you access to Schoolnet and NCEES' Local PD.

The following resources are available to PSUs that Opt-In to NCED Connect (formerly Home Base):

  • #GoOpenNC - NC Open Education Repository
  • NC Educator Effectiveness System Evaluation Component
    • Note: Local PD Offices are only made available to PSUs when opting into NCED Connect at $1.50/ADM
  • Infinite Campus - NC Student Information System
  • Schoolnet - NC Instructional Improvement System

Only district finance officers and charter school principals should request access through the online opt-in tool for their district/school.  Access is requested through the Opt-in tool using your NCEdCloud credentials.

All responses must be submitted by July 30, 2026.

The running list of districts and charters that have signed up can be accessed by clicking on the button above. This list will be updated regularly during the sign-up period (ending July 30th).

Once submitted, an invoice will be automatically generated and emailed to the district finance officer and accounts payable contact, or to the principal for charter schools.

Checks are the only accepted form of payment.

Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction TIN# 561492826.  Please add “NCED Connect Opt-in 2026-2027” in the memo line and mail the invoice and check to: 

NC Department of Public Instruction 
Cash Management and Collections 
6336 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh, NC 27699-6336

Payment is due August 31, 2026, or two weeks after receiving initial allotments, whichever is later. Payments do not need to be made prior to the start of the next fiscal year (July 1, 2026).

Please contact Jenna Lagerman for convenience contract pricing. 
 

The contract for content uses the allotted ADM figure (not the projected ADM) as a basis for its costs since it is a stable number known well in advance. Your cost for the next school year will still be the allotted ADM figure even if there are more or fewer actual users of the system.

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