IntroductionWhile BI remains an emergent solution area in the education market, contextual factors such as more strident demands for accountability and heightened competition for resources will drive the more widespread adoption of this solution area in the near future.ScopeIdentifies the potential drivers and inhibitors to the uptake of BI in the education market.Suggests strategies BI vendors can leverage to position and sell their solutions more effectively to education institutions.Offer an analysis of the features and functionality BI solutions must support in order to meet the needs of education institutions.Forecasts spending on BI solutions by US K12 and higher education institutions.HighlightsThere are powerful contextual forces in the education market driving the adoption of BI.The uptake of BI solutions will languish unless gaps in market knowledge are addressed.Constituent analytics will demonstrate the most rapid growth amongst all BI solution areas.Reasons to PurchaseUnderstand the 'must have' features and functionality for BI solutions in the education marketGain insight into how education institutions prefer to purchase business intelligence solutionsIdentify the BI solution areas in which education institutions will invest the most heavily