For EdTech companies

Prove what your platform teaches.

I read the log data your platform already collects, connect it to learning theory and the right analysis, and turn it into evidence you can defend.

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Who this is for

Teams being asked to prove outcomes.

Usually for the first time, by investors or by the institutions they sell to.

  • EdTech founders, product, and learning teams who need evidence their platform teaches, for district buyers or investors.
  • Teams with platform data, like time on task, sessions, and completion, and no one to interpret what it says about learning.
  • Teams preparing for a district conversation where outcome evidence is asked for before anyone signs.
  • Teams preparing for a funding round, where a pedagogical question can land and the room goes quiet.

Services

Three ways to work together.

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Pricing is shared after a first call.

Learning analytics that connect how students behave on your platform with self-reports and learning theory.

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  • 01
    14 to 21 daysLearning AuditA focused read of how students use your platform, and what to change because of it.Log-file analysis of how students interact with your platform, interpreted through student self-reports and learning theory. You get a written evidence report: where learning is happening, where it isn’t, and the platform decisions the data says to revisit first.
  • 02
    Three months · Learning Audit includedEvidence BuildA system built on your own data that keeps producing evidence after handoff.It analyzes your data, runs the analyses your research questions call for, and produces ongoing outputs for your learning and engineering teams. Already did an Audit? It’s credited when you upgrade within 90 days.
  • 03
    Nine-month minimumStanding EngagementYour fractional Chief Learning Officer.
    • Months 1 to 3: Learning Audit and Evidence Build.
    • Months 4 to 9: monthly strategic sessions, quarterly platform reviews, embedded sprints for product launches and investor moments, and ongoing partnership between sessions.

The measurement and interpretation layer, not an efficacy study.Your team learns to read its own learner data and present the evidence.

Custom engagements are available on request. Not sure which fits? Tell us about your goals.

How we work

Four steps, every engagement.

  1. Clarify challenges

    Define the core questions about learning on your platform, so time goes where it matters most.

  2. Analyze strategy

    An in-depth look at your current approach and your data: what is working, and where to adjust.

  3. Identify solutions

    Practical, research-informed options that fit your goals and your context.

  4. Develop a strategic plan

    Focused, actionable next steps you can implement with confidence.

The evidence

What the data can tell you.

The question a platform asks before handing anyone its data: will you tell me the truth about what it says?

01 · The Method
1,405
students across three doctoral studies in statistics, engineering, and first-year writing

What the Log Files Actually Said

What can my data actually tell us about learning?

In every study, time on task could not tell learners apart. The clearest signal sat in the sequence and structure of the work, not in how much of it there was.

Cluster analysisGrowth modelingMarkov chain
Sierra working through an ACT practice problem with a student
02 · An evidence system I built

Ardiendo Learning’s Test Prep Dashboard

Would you trust your own data enough to run a company on it?

Before I offered this to anyone else, I built it for my own company. It follows practice test scores over time, session attendance, time spent, and homework, with two proportion scores: one for metacognitive monitoring and one for confusion or doubt. We ask better questions in our sessions because we know where our students are changing their minds.

Scores over timeAttendance and timeMetacognitive monitoringConfusion and doubt
Time on task told me far less than I expected about what happened during it.
Sierra Outerbridge, PhD
Sources

Research: Outerbridge, S. (2025). Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida. stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2024/564.

The operator record and the school build are on the home page.

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Let’s start by talking about what you’re trying to learn.

A 30-minute call. Bring the question your data hasn’t answered yet.

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