Dive Brief:

• Los Angeles schools will pay about $200 a piece less for thousands of iPads to be used on new state tests, under a revised deal with Apple.
• The tablets will be the latest model, rather than the discontinued older model, but will not include curriculum.
• The reduced price applies to about 45,500 iPads, which would be in place in time for spring standardized testing that will be administered by computer.

Dive Insight:

At around $750 per tablet, Los Angeles was on the hook for paying one of the highest prices around for its 1:1 rollout. While this deal softens the blow a bit, the district could still have to cough up money for the curriculum later if it wants to use the iPads as originally planned and not just for testing.