Purchasing Vouchers

Vouchers are available for purchase by state education agencies and educator preparation programs to provide candidates with full or partial credit toward fees for test registration and preparation resources.

• Preparation programs may purchase vouchers in order to assist candidates whose test fees were incorporated into tuition.
• State agencies may offer vouchers to candidates in support of a specific policy, such as providing them to candidates who meet certain state eligibility criteria to retake a test.
• Vouchers can be purchased in any quantity and in any dollar amount, determined by the state agency or preparation program.
• Candidates are able to use vouchers as a form of payment when registering for an exam. Note that vouchers must be applied during the initial registration; they cannot be applied retroactively to existing registrations.
• Vouchers are valid for one year. The effective dates of the vouchers may be determined by the purchaser.
• Voucher usage may be tracked upon request in order to identify any unused vouchers prior to expiration. The unused vouchers may then be renewed and redistributed to candidates, ensuring their use.

About Right Start Vouchers

Right Start is a learning course that is designed to help candidates prepare for the New York State teacher certification examinations. State education agencies and educator preparation programs can purchase vouchers to provide candidates with full credit toward 30- or 90-day subscription fees for the Right Start courses.

Purchasing Options

Right Start vouchers can be purchased in any quantity. The price per voucher varies depending on the subscription length and the quantity of vouchers purchased in a single order. Vouchers can be purchased online by credit card or by submitting a completed order form along with a check or purchase order.

If you are purchasing vouchers online for the first time, you will need to create an account. To create an account, click the "My Account" link at the top of the website. From the "Sign In" screen, click the "Create an account now" link and enter the requested information.

Benefits of Purchasing Vouchers

When you buy Right Start vouchers online, you gain access to the Right Start Dashboard, which provides an integrated voucher management system. This dashboard allows you to:

• Track and manage voucher usage efficiently.
• Filter vouchers by status to see which ones have been redeemed, assigned, or unassigned.
• Reassign any unredeemed vouchers to candidates to ensure their use.

In addition to monitoring voucher usage, the Right Start Dashboard also allows programs to track candidates' progress and results on Right Start courses. Educator preparation programs can access individual and aggregate candidate performance data on diagnostic assessments, module quizzes, and summative practice assessments for each Right Start course. With this tool, educator preparation programs can analyze and glean insights from this data to better support candidates in preparing for their certification examinations as well as understand their own programmatic areas of strengths and areas for improvement.

Voucher Usage

State education agencies and educator preparation programs purchasing vouchers by credit card can view the Right Start Dashboard to track voucher usage and to identify any unused vouchers before they expire. Unused vouchers may then be renewed and redistributed to candidates, ensuring their use.

The following applies to all Right Start vouchers regardless of payment method:

• Vouchers are valid for one year.
• The effective dates of the vouchers are determined by date of purchase.
• Voucher purchases are not refundable.

How to Purchase Vouchers

To purchase test registration vouchers: Please complete and submit a Voucher Request Form .

To purchase Right Start vouchers by credit card: Please submit your order online.

To purchase Right start vouchers by purchase order or check: Please complete and submit a Right Start Voucher Request Form .

To purchase practice test vouchers: Please complete and submit a Practice Test Voucher Order Form .