Let's take this a step further. Why are the feature checklists used? Because the schools are mandated to pick the lowest bidder through an RFP process. Not the best value, not the most usable, just the lowest bidder. The checklists were introduced as a metric to avoid wasting software that wouldn't meet the users needs, but for years ed-tech companies have optimized for meeting the checklist in the cheapest bottom-of-the-barrel way possible.