Research Based Learning Analytics Certification

Administrators and education leaders want to know which learning analytics products are designed based on research. Digital Promise developed this certification to provide a clear signal that identifies products that leveraged research about learning analytics to create a tool designed to best support decision making.

Certification Criteria

To earn this certification, products must demonstrate:

• Rigorous research about learning analytics drives the edtech product’s design and development.
• A theoretical framework or product roadmap based on research about learning analytics provides evidence that guides the product’s development.
• The product team publicly shares the research that informed their product design.

A product that earns this certification will provide evidence of the following:

• Rigorous research about learning analytics that has informed and driven design decisions
• A theoretical framework that demonstrates the research consulted throughout the design process
• An easily accessible, public-facing artifact that shares the product’s research basis, such as a white paper, blog, or video