Evaluation Mechanisms: A Way to Increase Trust in Educational Technologies?

The first edition of our EdTech Strategy Lab Deep Dive series focuses on how key issues of evidence are complicated by the shortage of testing environments and lack of resources for thorough evaluation.

We look at the crucial role trust plays in the EdTech sector and explore how it can be strengthened. We also identify three key types of evaluation frameworks relevant to EdTech: those led by the public sector, those driven by research, and those aimed at commercial validation. We believe that connecting these diverse approaches to quality and evidence assurance in education is essential.

Building trust in EdTech will require a collaborative effort to ensure evaluation mechanisms are not only effective but widely recognised across the sector.