Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology-enabled learning and instructional tools are rapidly entering classrooms, but evidence about their effectiveness remains limited. As educational technology companies launch new products, educators and leaders must make decisions without sufficient data on which tools improve learning outcomes across diverse student populations and whether their benefits justify implementation costs. Through Accelerate’s Call for Effective Technology (CET) grant program during the 2025-26 school year, we aim to address existing gaps in the research by funding promising AI and tech-enabled tools and studying their design, implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness.
Based on our review of current evidence, Accelerate has identified priority research areas and developed a research learning agenda that shares information about each.
- Tool Design & User Experience (Usability & Feasibility)
- Implementation & Integration
- Impact Assessment & Evaluation
- Research Study Design & Methodology
- Cost-Effectiveness & Scalability
- Comparative Analysis (AI/Tech-Enabled vs. Human Tutoring)
The CET Learning Agenda is part of a broader research agenda that can be found here.
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