The IIHS for Educational Apps
Just as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety transformed car safety with clear, binary crash test ratings, The Learning Standard brings the same clarity to educational technology.
Our Mission
The educational app market is flooded with products that claim to teach but don't. Parents spend money and children spend time on apps that are designed to be engaging, not educational.
We help families understand educational apps through published privacy-policy findings and a transparent learning science methodology. A directory listing is not a completed Learning Standard evaluation.
No app pays for placement or ratings. Published findings are separate from evaluations that have not yet been completed.
No active apps have published Learning Standard evaluations with invariant results yet. As of 2026-10-28 (UTC).
By the Numbers
- 1,036
- Apps in our registry
- 333
- Apps with third-party certifications
- 764
- Apps with listed grade levels
As of 2026-10-28 (UTC).
Why Trust Our Ratings
No Pay-for-Play
App developers cannot pay for ratings, placement, or reviews. Our evaluations are completely independent.
Science-Based
We use the Invariant framework, developed by learning science researchers, not subjective opinions or popularity metrics.
Transparent Methodology
Our evaluation criteria are public. Anyone can understand exactly why an app passed or failed.
For Developers & AI Agents
Our data is available via API for developers building educational recommendation systems, and via structured formats for AI agents helping families find learning apps.
Find apps that actually teach
Browse our registry and make informed decisions about your family's educational technology.
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