AI Questions from the Field

Our Framework Development Process: Built With and For Educators

As we work on updating our Teacher Ready edtech evaluation framework and tool, we want to share a little about what we’re learning through the research process.

With many AI and educational frameworks already available, we asked ourselves: How can we create a framework that reflects what we know from research about edtech effectiveness and fits with the lived experience of teachers, instructional leaders, and administrators?

Our answer centers on putting educator voices at the heart of every development phase, integrating feedback from practicing educators throughout our work while building on extensive research including literature review, landscape analysis, and rigorous validation processes. We believe the most effective educational frameworks emerge when solid research meets real classroom wisdom.

These four infographics deep dive into the main themes from our original Insights from the Field About AI-Powered Tech and explore the types of questions we’re hearing from education practitioners about AI’s impact on education today. These questions inform the updates to the Teacher Ready framework, which will be released in early 2026.

Check out all four thematic infographics below!