New Jersey Digital Readiness for Learning and Assessment Project-Broadband Component

Results from 2015 and Next Steps for 2016

September 2015

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NJDRLAP - Overview

Project A – Provided direct technology planning support to all test sites– Resulted in 98% of students taking the PARCC test online

Project B– NJTRAx interactive technology readiness database and

reporting system– Guided efforts of Project A

Project C– Broadband Component

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NJDRLAP-Broadband Recap

Conceived by New Jersey Dept. of Education (NJDOE) – Component of three-part effort

to improve K-12 technology– NJDRLAP-Broadband focused on

improving Internet access Concept:

– Use cooperative purchasing to combine buying power of schools statewide to drive down prices and increase service

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Bottom Line

Why did it work? Because the consortium procurement reduced the price per unit of bandwidth to a point where schools could significantly increase the quantity of Internet access purchased

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• NJDRLAP-Broadband reduced the price of Internet access by 76 percent for 145

participating school organizations across New Jersey, increasing their bandwidth 2.5 times

while saving them $89 million

• Return on investment of 7,700 percent

• NJDRLAP-Broadband reduced the price of Internet access by 76 percent for 145

participating school organizations across New Jersey, increasing their bandwidth 2.5 times

while saving them $89 million

• Return on investment of 7,700 percent

DRLAP - Broadband Partners

Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission (MRESC)– Founded in 1977, MRESC has provided cooperative

educational services to meet the needs of member schools

Bergen County Technical School District– is an educational model that prepares students to live, work

and lead in a global community

Dellicker Strategies Management consulting firm helping schools adopt innovative

technologies and teaching methods to personalize instruction and improve student academic performance

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Request for Proposals (RFP)

NJDOE contracted with Dellicker Strategies to develop concept Partnered with Bergen County Technical Schools and Middlesex

Regional Educational Services Commission (MRESC) on RFP Procurement Timeline:

– Jul 2014 MRESC issued RFP – Sep 2014 13 providers submitted proposals– Nov 2014 MRESC announced results– Jan 2015 Consortium contracts available for execution– Apr 2015 School sign-up deadline for FY 2015-16– Jul 2015 New consortium Internet access begins

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RFP Vendors

Companies awarded contracts– Comcast– Lightpath– Affiniti– DNS– PenTeleData– Sunesys – Xtel

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2015 Program Results

Criteria for Success1.Participation by schools2.Capacity of networks3.Value of contracts4.Competitiveness of marketplace

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Participation by Schools

145 school organizations signed up for $20.6 million in NJDRLAP-Broadband consortium contracts for Internet

– Approx. 70% of operating districts eligible for FY 2015

Participation by schools was good- could have been even better

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School Category Total School Districts Public Charters Private/Non-PublicParticipating 145 137 6 2Impacted 248 201 29 18Non-Participating 350 260 48 42Grand Total 743 598 83 62

Capacity of Networks

Participating school organizations added 2.5 times their current Internet capacity, on average, using NJDRLAP– Internet bandwidth increased +152% (284 Mbps to 718 Mbps) – Total bandwidth for inter-district data exchange +385%

Capacity of school networks was enhanced significantly

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Internet Download Gains among New Jersey Schools FY 2014 to FY 2105

School CategoryAvg. Current Internet

Download (Mbps)Avg. Purchased Internet

Download (Mbps)Increase Current

to PurchasedParticipating 284.4 718.0 152%Impacted 301.7 369.0 22%Non- Participating 258.6 416.5 61%Grand Total 278.6 467.2 68%

Value of Contracts

Average monthly Internet prices declined $26.77 to $6.40 per Mbps- 76% less than current unit pricing– This results in cost savings of $89 million full term (42 months)

Value of Internet service contracts increased substantially

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Table 5: Monthly Price per Mbps- Internet Download- Current versus Purchased

School CategoryAvg. Price/Current Internet Download

Avg. Price/ Purchased Internet Download

Participating $26.77 $6.40Impacted $23.81 $10.73Not Participating $39.69 $22.48Grand Total $31.50 $14.22

Competitiveness of Marketplace

Even schools that did not sign consortium contracts will spend millions less on Internet access for FY 2015– 13 companies competed; 7 earned awards

Competitiveness of K-12 marketplace has advanced dramatically

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Participation in 2016

A Second RFP will be issued this Fall to allow participation of districts, charter schools and non-public schools that currently are not under a DRLAP contract

Regional meetings and targeted outreach for eligible entities is now underway

Ultimately, the three year goal is to sign up the majority of districts and charter schools, and as many nonpublic schools as possible, to create a statewide cooperative purchasing and shared services network

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More Information

For the NJDOE Press Release:http://www.nj.gov/education/news/2015/0903broad.htm

For the Full Report:

http://www.mresc.k12.nj.us/pages/Middlesex_Regional/News/DRLAP_Broadband_Component

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Questions

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