The EEF has been testing EdTech for years. Here is what the evidence shows.
The Education Endowment Foundation has funded evaluations of digital tools in schools since its establishment. Its findings are consistent, sometimes uncomfortable, and frequently ignored.
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The Education Endowment Foundation was established in 2011 with a mandate to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils through evidence. It has since funded hundreds of evaluations of educational interventions, including a substantial number focused on technology, and it maintains a teaching and learning toolkit that translates research findings into accessible guidance for schools. The EEF's broad finding on educational technology is that digital tools have moderate positive effects on learning when they are used to support high-quality teaching, and limited or no additional effects when they