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AI that keeps teachers in charge.
Independently certified by Digital Promise. The Advisor uses only the student’s own data, labels everything as AI, and leaves every decision to the team.
Certified October 20, 2026
Independent review
Independently certified by Digital Promise.
BrighterBalance was certified by Digital Promise on October 20, 2026, under its Responsibly Designed AI Product Certification.
Digital Promise, the education nonprofit, certifies AI products built to reduce bias, protect student data, label AI content and keep educators in control. District leaders helped design the review, so it covers the questions your committee already asks.
What the review covers
- Privacy
- Data security
- Bias monitoring
- AI labels
- Educator override
Five commitments
Five commitments, checked by someone else.
Digital Promise’s five requirements, in its order, and what each one looks like inside BrighterBalance.
Data stays private
Student data is never sold and never used to train AI.
In practiceOur contracts with every AI provider forbid training on student data, keeping it beyond the request, or using it for anything else.
Security built in
Every record is encrypted, and only authorized staff can see it.
In practiceTLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, and row-level security that keeps each account’s data isolated.
Designed to reduce bias
Every AI feature is reviewed for fairness and built to describe behavior, not label children.
In practiceLogs record what happened, not how the adult felt: “Asked to transition during centers, he covered his ears and yelled for 3 minutes,” not “He’s impossible.”
AI is always labeled
Teachers always know when the Advisor wrote something.
In practiceAnswers are labeled as AI, and teachers rate each conversation.
Teachers make the call
The Advisor suggests. Teachers decide, and nothing reaches a student’s record until they review it.
In practiceA possible function of the behavior is a suggestion for the team to weigh, never a verdict.
Sources and limits
How the Advisor works.
Ask a question in plain words. Here is exactly what the answer draws on, and where the Advisor stops.
Where answers come from
- The student’s own logs, observations and plan. One student’s outcomes never shape advice for another student.
- A curated evidence base from the IRIS Center, PBIS and special education practice, or your district’s own guidelines.
Where it stops
- It waits for five logs before it suggests a possible function of the behavior. The team decides; it is not a diagnosis.
- Answers are labeled as AI, so teachers always know when the Advisor wrote something.
- Teachers rate each conversation, and advice is reviewed nightly for alignment.
For review committees
Why districts ask for this certification.
Digital Promise built the review with district leaders, so a certified product has already answered the questions an AI review committee starts with.
“We rigorously review all AI tools and a Responsibly Designed AI Certification from Digital Promise is a valuable data point in our reviews. Having a trusted third-party certification focused on ethics gives us insight into AI tools that we currently lack.”
From Digital Promise’s certification announcement, April 2025
FAQ
Questions AI review committees ask.
Short answers your committee can paste into its review notes.
Which AI models does the Advisor use?
The Advisor runs on Anthropic's Claude models. Our Privacy Policy lists every AI provider, what each one receives and where it is located.
Is student data used to train AI?
No. Student data is never used to train AI models. Our contracts with every AI provider prohibit training on it, keeping it beyond the request, or using it for any other purpose. The Privacy Promise has the details.
What data does the Advisor see?
Only the student's own logs, observations and plan, plus a curated evidence base from the IRIS Center, PBIS and special education practice, or your district's own guidelines. One student's outcomes never shape advice for another student.
Can the Advisor change a student’s record?
No. Nothing reaches a student's record until a teacher reviews it.
Does the Advisor decide why a behavior happens?
No. Once a student has five logs, it can suggest a possible function of the behavior, drawn from the pattern. The team decides. It is not a diagnosis.
How do teachers know what the AI wrote?
Answers are labeled as AI, so teachers always know when the Advisor wrote something.
How is the quality of the advice checked?
Teachers rate each conversation, and advice is reviewed nightly for alignment.
Can our committee verify the certification?
Yes. Digital Promise certified BrighterBalance on October 20, 2026. The public record is on Digital Promise's Badge Engine (opens in a new tab).
Is there research our committee can read?
Yes. Our white paper, The Research Behind BrighterBalance, explains how the Advisor reads time patterns from aggregated data and why research on over-trusting automated output shaped its design.
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