To effectively support digital learning environments, districts have invested time, resources, and budget in the adoption of education technology, connected devices, and learning tools.
IT and curriculum leaders must lead the charge to assess edtech apps and ensure alignment with privacy, curriculum standards, and available budgets. This must-read report provides K-12 technology and administration leaders with meaningful insights, data points and benchmarks to make informed decisions concerning district data privacy and security, budgeting, and license adoption.
This 2024 EdTech App report is the second release by Lightspeed Systems and is intended to provide insights to support IT and curriculum leaders and their decision-making.
Key insights from the 2024 EdTech App Report include:
- On average districts use over 2,000 apps.
- 95 percent of all student app engagement comes from under 5% of total apps.
- Size of a district is not a strong influence on how many edtech apps a district uses.
- Grades six, seven, and eight interact with the greatest number of edtech apps.
- Students spend on average 170 minutes a day engaged with edtech apps.
- 65% of edtech apps had one or more data privacy policy changes during the school year.
