"The Accreditation Starter"
The ESSA Evidence Packet & Digital Promise

What is the ESSA Evidence Packet & Digital Promise Certification

The ESSA Documentation Packet and The Digital Promise Certification is our entry-level research service that demonstrates your company is truly research-based. The deliverables show preparation, knowledge and credibility to district leaders resulting in a greater reception from schools. Services are often customized based on your current research, growth goals and vision, and may include: logic models, research summaries, RFPs, and Digital Promise Certifications.

The "Accreditation Starter" Contributes to Education Companies Who Are:

Looking for an entry-level solution to show education and district leaders your company is genuinely research-based.
Seeking to overcome sales barriers and gain more conversations.
Wanting to stand out amidst the competition by adding academic materials and a well-respected accreditation.

The ESSA Evidence Packet & Digital Promise's "Customer Impact."

The Digital Promise provides a market introduction from a credible, trusted nonprofit source and complimentary marketing to innovative schools.
The ESSA Evidence Packet and Digital Promise Certification gives companies increased visibility and greater reception from schools; districts are more willing to have a conversation with a company with these credentials.
The ESSA Evidence Packet communicates preparation, knowledge and credibility to district leaders.

ESSA Evidence Packet

For those companies who want to show they're research focused.

The ESSA Packet provides a third-party LXD research stamp and the materials that complement your website and marketing claims by pre-answering buyers' most common research questions. Third-party validation of ESSA IV differentiates products and often opens the door for companies to gain more conversations.

LXD Research’s ESSA Packet is a customer-facing, product-branded PDF with a logic model, research summary, and third-party ESSA IV seal that can be attached to any RFP request. The LXD Research ESSA Packet checks every box for ESSA IV by the U.S. Department of Education Guidance.

It includes:

Co-branded cover page
Product overview
Research summaries provide an understanding of the customer problems, market gaps, and the risks and needs of product design.
Logic models visually explain the product’s purpose, strategy, and expected outcomes.
Research letter or research study summary

Building on the ESSA IV documentation, we help you apply for the Digital Promise Research-Based Certification. This distinction gets your product listed and featured in LearnPlatform and EdSurge’s Product Index. Upon receipt, your product receives free marketing to a network of innovative schools through a credible, trusted nonprofit source. This accreditation will likely increase your visibility and improve reception from schools nationwide.

“We printed our ESSA evidence packet, put it in a report folder on the table, at a recent conference. It was night and day with how leaders talked to us. When they saw our evidence with the Digital Promise Promise Certification, and the ESSA level three, I didn't have to prove the credibility. We have seen a higher return on investment since we've been able to show our LXD Research ESSA Evidence Packet.”

Toni Shub, Qore Insights

The Digital Promise Accreditation

Digital Promise is an entry level gateway to demonstrating your company is genuinely a research-based company. Created to show your target market that research is important to your company, this certification adds impactful differentiation amidst competitors. Out of 5,000 companies, only 125 of them may have this accreditation across various product and service modalities. This third-party nonprofit seal of approval only highlights ed-tech companies that have integrated research into the design and function of their products. Having a Digital Promise certification in today’s landscape communicates your commitment to research.

LXD Research Support & Guidance

Earning this certification requires creating an ESSA packet and submitting evidence providing deliverables that demonstrate your products alignment of the Science of Learning principles and the classroom utility of the product. LXD Research guides you through the process of gaining this Digital Promise accreditation.

Other Deliverables Include:

1. Logic Model: The logic model serves as a tool to help educational leaders understand the relationships between different elements of the product and the intended short-term and long-term outcomes your product or service provides. Districts often request logic models to be included in RFPs.

2. Blog Post: All featured Digital Promise certifications are promoted in a biannual newsletter as “researched-based products to look out for.” This provides an introduction from a credible, trusted nonprofit source and free marketing to innovative schools. The value of the Digital Promise Certification includes increased market visibility, and credibility. Companies gain greater reception and sales from schools; they are more willing to have a conversation with this certification.

“Digital Promise was our gateway to demonstrating that Labster is truly a research-based company. The Digital Promise certification, was huge and gained us market credibility. It impacted our outbound business development efforts. When we would reference that we had received the Digital Promise certification, we began to get more responses in our outbound communications.”

April Ondis, Labster