This was co-developed across Sierra Noakes, Megan Pattenhouse, AJ Foster, Andrew Vollavanh, with feedback from amazing district leaders to guide the usability and content within the framework.
The EdTech Procurement Framework is a revision of the Edtech Pilot Framework, which was based on Digital Promise’s Edtech Marketplace research. The EdTech Procurement Framework was driven by best practices identified by observing and conducting pilots with League of Innovative Schools districts, co-designing product certifications with education leaders and providers, and engaging in edtech procurement and implementation research. Learn more about the research efforts that drove the design of this framework here.
2012
The League of Innovative Schools surfaced shared challenges around edtech selection and procurement, and we first committed to supporting districts to make evidence-based decisions around technology tools.
2016
Based on four years of research in partnership with practitioners, we launched the Edtech Pilot Framework to share our synthesized 8-step pilot process, along with more than 150 free, open-source tools and resources.
2020
We launched and awarded the first set of Product Certifications, including Research-Based Design for Instructional Learning Products and Learner Variability.
2024
In partnership with 1EdTech, CAST, CoSN, InnovateEDU, ISTE, and SETDA, we collaboratively launched the Five Quality Indicators for Edtech and AI Products to unify product evaluation frameworks for education leaders.
2025
We launched the Responsibly Designed AI product certification to recognize products designed to reduce algorithmic bias, provide transparency about data collection and security, include labeling of generative AI content, and equip educators with agency while engaging with AI outputs. We also published a report describing the learnings from our implementation research with Denver Public Schools to study their new edtech evaluation process.
2026
We launched the first product badges in higher education, developed through a multi-year co-design process with the California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office. We also published a report describing the learnings from the first cohort to engage in Outcomes-Based Contracting with edtech (forthcoming).
