SIIA Estimates $8.38 Billion US Market for PreK-12 Educational Software and Digital Content

  • 02/24/15

Annual report shows steady growth in the education technology sector

Washington, D.C.  – The Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry, today released its “2014 U.S. Education Technology Industry Market: PreK-12 Report.” The report values the overall PreK-12 non-hardware education technology market at $8.38 billion, compared to last year’s valuation of $7.9 billion.

You can view the full release online: http://www.siia.net.

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