Industry certification exam vouchers

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) serves the educational needs of the 
dependents  of  military  and  civilian  employees  by  providing  PK-12  instruction  to
approximately  70,000  students  in  160  brick-and-mortar  schools.  Student  enrollment varies
based primarily on the deployment of military troops worldwide.  In the Americas, DoDEA operates 51
schools located in seven states, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. In Europe and the  Middle  East,  DoDEA 
operates  64  schools  located  in  Germany,  Italy,  England, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Turkey
and Bahrain. In the Pacific, DoDEA operates 45 schools   located   in   Korea,   Japan   (mainland 
 and   Okinawa),   and   Guam.   DoDEA's curriculum,   resources,   and   student   achievement  
scores   on   standardized   assessments compare favorably to those of high-performing US public
school systems. DoDEA’s fully accredited  Virtual  High  School  has  teaching  hubs  in  each 
DoDEA  region:  America, Europe, and Pacific.

DoDEA schools have various grade configurations, with the most common being K-5, 6-8, 9-12, and
K-12. Of DoDEA’s 160 brick-and-mortar schools, 102 schools have students in at least  three  of 
the  grades PK-5;  62  schools with  at  least one  grade 6-8;  and  40  schools with grades 9-12.
Of the 6-8 schools, ten are part of an elementary school and four have only grades 7-8.
Military-connected students experience high mobility rates in and out of school systems across the
nation and the world; thus, DoDEA makes  a concerted effort to mitigate transitional barriers to
their success, working toward a worldwide systemic education network.

DoDEA has adopted College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) in mathematics, literacy, social
studies, science and career and technical education, which are rigorous, research- based,  and 
reflect  the  knowledge  and  skills  students  need  for  success  in  college  and careers  and 
are  consistent  with  the  Common  Core  State  Standards  (CCSS),  National Core  Art  Standards 
(NCAS),  Next  Generation  Science  Standards  (NGSS)  and  the  C3
Framework for Social Studies State Standards (C3).

DoDEA has a requirement to enable DoDEA high schools to continue to be authorized Certiport testing centers and provide DoDEA with Adobe® Certified Associate (ACA), Cisco CCT, Cisco CCNA-
Cyber Ops and Comp TIA A+ test vouchers. More in-depth information regarding the description of this requirement is stated in the attached Solicitation.