Last year, Cognia published our first Impact Report, which captures the shared impact of our nonprofit and our global network over the course of a school year. This year, we continue the tradition, sharing new accomplishments and advancements from Cognia and the schools, systems, and states with which we partner.
These accomplishments include expanding and streamlining accreditation for a state partner and virtual learning institutions, supporting data-driven decision-making with observation tools, engaging students with high-quality science assessments, earning an ESSA designation for our strategic thinking and planning process, and more.
Cognia’s 2025 Impact Report, released in February, recognizes new milestones from the 2024-2025 school year that contributed to our ongoing mission of inspiring learning and continuous improvement.
The report highlights our mission to inspire learning and improve student performance, our strong partnership and collaboration with schools, systems, states, and other education agencies, and the growth and improvement of Cognia network institutions in instructional practice, leadership, academic achievement, and student engagement.
We look forward to even greater strides and improvement in the next year.
Key Highlights
| Cognia extends its reach to serve institutions in 100 countries. | In 2024, Cognia was a trusted partner for school improvement to 17 million students and 800,000 educators across 40,000 public and private institutions in 100 countries. |
| Cognia streamlines accreditation for Montana schools. | In Montana, Cognia accredits 42 public schools. In 2025, Cognia entered an agreement with Montana’s Office of Public Instruction (OPI) and the Board of Public Education to streamline protocols and eliminate redundancies for Cognia Accredited schools in Montana. |
| Virtual learning institutions benefit from synchronized Cognia Accreditation. | Cognia partnered with the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance (VLLA) to give any virtual school or program accredited by AccredVEd (powered by the VLLA) the opportunity to achieve dual, synchronized accreditation through Cognia. |
| STEM Certification increases student engagement. | In 2024, Kecoughtan High School in Virginia earned Cognia STEM Certification to evaluate and strengthen its STEM education program. With their STEM-certified programs, Kecoughtan has seen increased student engagement and on-time graduation. |
| The Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® supports data-driven decisions. | Cognia trained leaders in Sumter School District in South Carolina to leverage insights from the Cognia Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®) to refine classroom practices and tailor professional development.
Sumter’s data-driven approach to continuous improvement has already led to improved student outcomes. The percentage of Sumter students meeting or exceeding expectations on state assessments:
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| Cognia Diagnostic Reviews support academic growth. | In 2024, Lipscomb Elementary in Alabama achieved new academic milestones after making changes based on findings from its 2022-2023 Cognia Diagnostic Review.
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| Cognia continues to support states with high-quality assessments. | This year, Cognia worked with several states to provide rapid reporting solutions for end-of-year assessments. Cognia facilitated 25 unique state test administrations across 17 states to 1.3 million students. |
| Our science interim assessments support deep scientific sense-making for middle school students. | Over the past two years, Cognia has developed, piloted, and refined interim science assessments for grades 6-8, aligned with the green-rated OpenSciEd curriculum.
In our assessment pilot during the 2024-2025 school year, students completed three interim assessments, including an innovative longitudinal task that allows them to build on and revise their thinking about science phenomena. |
| ESSA Level III designation awarded to Cognia Strategic Thinking and Planning. | In February 2025, Cognia published findings from a third-party study of our Strategic Thinking and Planning process in Florida schools. Through this study, the process met Level III requirements (Promising Evidence) under the Every Student Succeeds Act. |
| Cognia events and asynchronous professional learning provide high quality training and support to leaders and educators. | During the 2024-2025 school year, Cognia hosted 13 U.S. professional learning events with 2,589 attendees from 1,222 institutions. We also hosted 6 international events with 1,699 attendees.
Cognia also engaged 70,328 educators in asynchronous professional learning opportunities, including training on assessments, accreditation, early learning, observation tools, and more. |
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