Analyze & Inventory: use cross-departmental data analysis and an inventory of existing interventions before buying new edtech¶

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Description¶

Step 1 of the framework directs leaders to begin "with cross-departmental analysis of formative and summative data to identify priority learner populations, instructional gaps, and the root causes driving them." Simultaneously, leaders take stock of interventions already available, including edtech, to determine whether a new tool is needed at all. This grounds any purchase decision in learner needs and existing capacity.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Cross-departmental collaboration to analyze formative and summative data

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• District and school leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Identifying instructional gaps and priority learner populations

Affordances¶

• Edtech Procurement Framework Six Steps

Related Strategies¶

• Discover & Decide: establish evidence-based selection criteria and instructional alignment in an RFP process to select edtech for priority learner populations
• Design & Plan: build a professional learning and measurement plan to monitor implementation fidelity and evaluate impact
• Mobilize & Implement: provide professional learning throughout the pilot and use real-time data dashboards to keep usage aligned with dosage requirements
• Evaluate & Reflect then Sustain & Scale: analyze pilot data against targeted goals and share results with critical partners to plan expanded use
• Structure OBC procurement around intentionality questions on learner goals, populations, outcomes, and stakeholders
• Support future edtech OBC cohorts with readiness assessments, early planning, needs-assessment framing, and cross-cohort collaboration
• Form a small cross-departmental team with defined facilitation roles before starting alignment work
• Design an evaluation and research framework with mapped data landscapes, program measures, and data-sharing agreements

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Foster, A.J., Pattenhouse, M., Noakes, S., and Vollavanh, A. (2026). Edtech procurement framework. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/302