Why
ICEIE is a not-for-profit organisation established to respond to the missing code of practice for certifying “what works” in educational technologies globally.
The ICEIE aims to provide clear evidence of the learning value of educational resources according to a multidimensional impact evaluation framework.
Schools, districts, procurement teams, parents, and decision-makers want to know which educational technology (EdTech) works best for their children. Various quality questionnaires, badges and certifications, marketing claims, and customer metrics exist to determine the educational value of an EdTech solution.
In response to the absence of a standardized code of practice for certifying educational technologies and the clear demand for such a certification worldwide, we developed a fair, streamlined and standardized approach based on internationally consolidated benchmarks of evidence.
We are the only independent, international and research-based EdTech certification in the world.
The ICEIE certifies educational companies that have evidence of independently produced research with their products.
Launched at BETT 2024
Examples of certifications and standards included in our efficacy and effectiveness evaluations
The ICEIE emerged from an international research endeavor aimed at aligning diverse ways of documenting evidence and impact in education. It established a system of alignment among various evaluation frameworks, evidence badges, certificates, and research studies based on the weight of evidence.
Our focus is on five types of impact evaluated by researchers and independent validators in order to calculate the total impact score of an EdTech’s product/company. Our evaluation framework serves as a benchmark for quality aspirations, not as a legal or regulatory standard.
Our Methodology is publicly available and explained on our research site.The ICEIE team is happy to assist national governments interested in adopting our certification scheme.
The Certification Process
ICEIE is a not-for-profit organization. We certify and re-certify EdTech companies in five areas of educational impact. The company’s overall impact score is a sum of their performance on efficacy, effectiveness, ethics, equity and environmental aspects of impact. The procedure is explained in full detail HERE and simplified in three steps.
Select your certification from one of the 5Es verticals
Send us documentation confirming certification with other providers or equivalent data
Pay the application fee and receive your ICEIE Badge and Certificate
The ICEIE Five Categories of Impact®
The 5Es Framework
The 5Es Framework - Efficacy, Effectiveness, Ethics, Equity and Environment is an aspirational framework that represents a blueprint for the quality standards that the EdTech industry should target to maintain, or move to,
desired quality.
The ICEIE certification
badges
Each badge is valid for two years from the date of its issue. Badges may also be displayed on selected EdTech platforms of our partners.
The certification process
The Framework combines evaluation indices, frameworks, benchmarks, awards and other criteria that signal a demand for quality in the industry.The first three awardees for the effectiveness and efficacy categories are Kahoot!, Age of Learning and GraphoGame.
How to get the ICEIE certifcation
Efficacy, Effectiveness and Equity Evaluation Criteria
ICEIE is currently only certifying companies for three of the 5Es verticals: Effectiveness, Efficacy and Equity.
The Efficacy and Effectiveness criteria are based on a systematic review of 64 international evaluation frameworks and extensive consultations with the industry. Efficacy refers to studies conducted in controlled environments, with randomized controlled trials as the gold standard, while effectiveness refers to studies conducted in everyday classrooms with attention to replicability, cost-effectiveness and pedagogy.
All criteria were consolidated into quality benchmarks at three levels corresponding to Gold, Silver and Bronze certifications.
This accompanying Efficacy and Effectiveness report explains the consolidation process for Efficacy and Effectiveness. Our Equity criteria draw on the Equity by Design report co-authored by the International Centre for EdTech Impact and Digital Promise.
If you don’t have an existing certification but wish to be certified by ICEIE, please contact us and we will put you in touch with one of our research partners to review your evidence.
The Managing Team
Eric Nentrup
Head of Partnerships
Esben Trier
Head of Industry
Rida Babar
Administrative support
Julia Pichler
Head of Operations
Per Henning
Uppstad
Richard
Holeton
Alison
Clark-Wilson
Antonie
Chigeda
Lin
Dan
University College London,
UK
University of Stavanger,
Norway
University of Malawi,
Malawi
Stanford University,
USA
Education University of Hong Kong, China
Head of Academic Advisory Board
Natalia Kucirkova
University of Stavanger,
Norway
Certified products
January, 2024, Inaugural awardees for Efficacy and Effectiveness
Kahoot!
Product:
Quizzes
Effectiveness Silver
Age of Learning
Product: My Math Academy
Efficacy Silver
Certified products in Efficacy and Effectiveness
The awardees’ certificates provide details on the study, research partner and validator for each cerfified product
Reading Horizons
Effectiveness Silver
Efficacy Bronze
Complori
GraphoGame
Edmentum-Exact Path
Efficacy Silver
Efficacy Silver
Learnlab
Efficacy Bronze
Certified products in Efficacy and Effectiveness
The awardees’ certificates provide details on the study, research partner and validator for each cerfified product
BrainPoP
Effectiveness Silver
Efficacy Gold
Kahoot!
GraphoGame
BrainPoP Science
Efficacy Silver
Effectiveness Silver
Little Thinking Minds
Effectiveness Bronze
Certified products in Efficacy and Effectiveness
The awardees’ certificates provide details on the study, research partner and validator for each cerfified product
Perbi Cubs
Efficacy Bronze
Effectiveness Bronze
BeED LMS
GraphoGame
Education Perfect
Efficacy Silver
Efficacy Bronze
Effectiveness Bronze
Certified products in Efficacy, Effectiveness and Equity
The awardees’ certificates provide details on the study, research partner and validator for each cerfified product
Kodable
GraphoGame
KIBO
Efficacy Silver
Efficacy Silver
Key2Enable
The Mimir
Case studies
Our research site contains more use cases and the companies’ evidence files.
BrainPoP | Little Thinking Minds | Perbi Cubs | Education Perfect |
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Contact us
Over the course of 2024, ICEIE will be engaging in conversations with researchers, the EdTech industry, funders and policymakers to align the evaluation criteria and ensure international comparability. If you are interested in evidence-based decision making in EdTech, we are keen to hear from you.
Register your interest to find out more!