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Who We Serve

EdTech Developers

Gain practitioner insights, leverage evidence-based frameworks, and build technology that truly serves every learner.
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Overview

To build technology that truly supports education, developers must design alongside the educators and learners who use it every day. Digital Promise acts as an evidence-based partner, providing frameworks, quality indicators, and product certifications that raise the bar for edtech design and procurement. Rather than advancing technology for its own sake, we bring researchers, educators, and developers together to validate tools in real learning environments. By prioritizing practitioner input and rigorous research, we ensure learning technology actively supports instruction and expands opportunity for every learner.

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EdTech Quality Collaborative

We’re transforming edtech procurement by uniting research-based procurement processes with industry standards and expert validations to establish a single, cohesive ecosystem that lowers the vetting burden for education leaders and drives the effective use of high-quality edtech.
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Product Certifications

Our Product Certifications drive the edtech industry to deliver equitable learning opportunities for each learner—especially those who are most often under-resourced—to thrive.

EdTech Procurement Framework

The EdTech Procurement Framework provides a step-by-step process to help education leaders develop and improve infrastructure around edtech selection, implementation, evaluation, and procurement to drive student learning.

Badge Engine

Badge Engine is an open-standard digital badging platform built to help organizations create, issue, and manage trusted credentials at scale—empowering earners everywhere to own and share their achievements.
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RPIP

A Research-Practice-Industry Partnership (RPIP) integrates professional learning, research and development by bringing together diverse, cross-sector expertise and shifting power dynamics among partners.
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ENCORE

The Engagement Collaborative for Research and Equity (ENCORE) connects edtech developers, researchers, and school communities to strengthen teaching and learning.

Upcoming Event

League of Innovative Schools Spring 2027 Convening

League convenings take system leaders beyond the conference room and into the real work of innovation. By learning inside one another's school systems, engaging in candid peer dialogue, and creating space to reflect and apply what they learn, leaders leave not just inspired but better equipped to move change forward at home.

Ypsilanti, Michigan
March 8: 8:00 AM EST
March 9: 8:00 AM EST
March 10: 8:00 AM EST