The Agile EDU project is entering its final six months of development. Building on the initial research phase, the validation phase is now concluding. During this crucial stage, the following main activities took place:

Strengthening local communities of stakeholders: Through cross-analysis of draft case studies and learning stories, discussions in the second and third series of Country and European Dialogue Labs brought together a wide range of stakeholders from participating countries, including local, regional, and national decision-makers, school heads, teachers, and representatives of the EdTech sector. Common issues emerging from these discussions included data literacy among teachers, challenges related to knowledge gaps, collaboration between stakeholders in data collection, analysis, and use, and national strategic governance and support.

Developing case studies and learning stories on the use of educational data: Using a peer-learning mechanism, case studies and learning stories were reviewed and substantially updated using the project's agile iterative methodology. The third and final iteration of nine case studies and eighteen learning stories is now available.

Piloting the MOOC: The MOOC took place from April 21 to May 28, engaging participants from over 40 countries in discussions about data use in schools. The MOOC showcased teacher inquiry examples from the project's learning stories and addressed topics such as teacher inquiry, data types in education, data use for school improvement, addressing inclusion challenges with data, and evaluating data-driven education technologies. Although the MOOC has concluded, its content can still be explored as an EUN Academy course and will be available as an open educational resource on the project website from September 2025.

Drafting policy recommendations and guidelines for practitioners: Combining evidence from case studies and learning stories, discussions at expert validation workshops and dialogue labs, and surveys to ministries of education, the project team drafted the first version of policy recommendations and guidelines for practitioners on using educational data.

Agile EDU now enters the brokering stage. During this phase, selected policy recommendations and guidelines for practitioners will be discussed in the final series of Country Dialogue Labs and the last instance of the European Dialogue Lab. Results from these discussions will contribute to the final version of recommendations and guidelines, which will be presented at the final event organised within the framework of the Eminent 2025 conference. A final communication campaign will promote the outputs from Agile EDU, using a combination of podcasts (one has already been released on Playful Learning, Data Literacy, and Wellbeing), infographics, and an animation video.