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The New Education Economy: Building Sustainable Impact at Scale

Education funding is shifting from paying for services to paying for results. Discover how outcomes based contracting aligns incentives, builds transparency, and ensures accountability flows both ways when districts and providers share responsibility for

to create sustainable impact and better student outcomes.

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    Outcomes-based contracting is a big shift for the edtech world

    Coursemojo co-CEO Dacia Toll makes the case in District Administration that outcomes based contracting is the answer to edtech's accountability problem, citing the Center's Standards and featuring insights from the Center's Jasmine Walker on cross-functional district collaboration.

  • Beyond the Buzz: What Outcomes Based Contracting Actually Changes in Edtech

    Beyond the Buzz: What Outcomes Based Contracting Actually Changes in Edtech

    In this Government Technology article, Julia Gilban-Cohen examines what outcomes based contracting for edtech actually changes in practice, drawing on findings from the Digital Promise report. Rather than framing OBC as a money-back guarantee, the piece explores how the model creates mutual accountability between districts and vendors, encourages…

  • Schools Are Paying for Ed Tech That Students Never Use – Could A New Contract Model Change That?

    Schools Are Paying for Ed Tech That Students Never Use – Could A New Contract Model Change That?

    In this article from The 74, senior writer Greg Toppo examines how outcomes based contracting is reshaping the way districts evaluate and purchase edtech. Drawing on findings from the recently released Digital Promise report, Toppo explores how the model drives higher implementation rates, greater instructional coherence, and…