B
Evidence Grade B
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40%
40% -- share of edtech products with essa evidence for purpose-built K-12 edtech products (2025)
Only 40% of purpose-built K-12 edtech products among the top 150 most-used classroom technologies have any ESSA evidence.
- Limited to the 150 most-used K-12 technologies tracked
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Evidence graded
Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
150
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Instructure and InnovateEDU
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Tier B
https://lxdresearch.com/edtech-essa-evidence-certification-2026 ↗
Source Article
Edtech Evidence Challenge - Get ESSA Certified by September 2026 - LXD Research at Charles River Media
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Instructure and InnovateEDU just tracked the 150 most-used K-12 technologies in classrooms this fall. Only 40% of purpose-built edtech has any ESSA evidence at all — meaning 6 in 10 products used by millions of students can’t point to any docum…
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Instructure and InnovateEDU
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Methodology
Tracking of the 150 most-used K-12 technologies in classrooms by Instructure and InnovateEDU
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purpose-built K-12 edtech products: 40% share of edtech products with essa evidence. Source: Instructure and InnovateEDU (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/edtech-essa-evidence-40pct
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