Why
In response to missing code of practice for certifying “what works” in educational technologies and clear evidence of their value to education.
Schools, organizations, procurement teams, parents, and decision-makers currently need to assess various quality questionnaires, benchmarks and certifications, marketing claims, and customer metrics to determine the value of an EdTech.
In response to the absence of a standardized code of practice for certifying impactful educational technologies and the clear demand for such a certification worldwide, we developed a fair, streamlined and standardized approach.
The ICEIE aims to collaboratively solve this for educators with a reliable and expansive alignment of testing and validation frameworks.
This will increase the findability of the relevant validation solution for the EdTech organisations.
Additionally, this alignment will ensure educators, solution procurers and policy-makers are able to better understand how these frameworks fit within existing policy structures and enhance their existing validation strategies.
Trust is pivotal in the education ecosystem. To increase this trust and facilitate a better understanding of the products entering teaching and learning environments, there are several great testing and evaluation frameworks.
These are working to combat the claims of there being not enough evidence in EdTech. However, the variety and scope of this framework landscape can be difficult for both EdTech organisations and policy makers to navigate.
To help make sense of the possibilities and provide increased recognition and understanding for all ecosystem stakeholders, it is important to understand the scope of the respective frameworks and how they can benefit both the EdTech organisations and education environments.
Launched at BETT 2024
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.
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.
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
How to get the ICEIE certifcation
Validators and Research partners
Efficacy and Effectiveness Certifications
ICEIE is currently only certifying companies for two of the 5Es verticals: Effectiveness and Efficacy.
The 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.
The criteria were consolidated into an effectiveness and efficacy benchmark at three levels corresponding to Gold, Silver and Bronze. This accompanying academic report explains the consolidation process.
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.
If you are a research organisation that can reliably review the evidence of an EdTech organisation, please get in touch. WiKIT AS is our current research partner and we are looking for more.
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
Complori
GraphoGame
Edmentum-Exact Path
Efficacy Silver
Efficacy Silver
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
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
The next Advisory Board meeting: August 24 2024.
Head of Academic Advisory Board
Natalia Kucirkova
University of Stavanger,
Norway
Contact us
Over the course of 2024, ICEIE will be growing its international alliance members and engaging in conversations with policymakers to align specific quality markers for each vertical, and ensure international comparability. Join us in increasing trust and evidence-based decision making in EdTech .
Register your interest to find out more!
