Case Study: Berkshire Education Resources K12 improves edtech decision-making with LearnPlatform by Instructure

Berkshire Education Resources K12 boosts edtech visibility with Instructure, uncovering 38% weekly license use

The customer, Berkshire Education Resources K12 (BERK), a consortium of school districts in Massachusetts, faced the challenge of understanding how educational technology (edtech) products were being used across its member districts. They lacked a clear view of their edtech landscape to manage efficiency, optimize spending, and foster collaborative discussions. BERK partnered with vendor Instructure and its LearnPlatform service to conduct an audit and analysis of their edtech usage.

Instructure's LearnPlatform provided the tools for an edtech landscape analysis and targeted product reviews. The solution involved deploying browser extensions to discover usage trends and a centralized dashboard to track data. This enabled districts to identify underutilized products, find potential cost savings, and make evidence-based decisions. Measurable impacts included discovering that 38% of students met usage goals for one literacy product and that nearly half of students were monthly users of another, providing concrete data to guide future investments and implementations.

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