Best Practices


Case Studies

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A Bridge to Equity with Ability Data: A Colorado Case Study

Discover how one district employs CogAT to differentiate between student ability and achievement to accurately inform decisions for gifted programs, special education programs, and ESL programs and to guide instruction consistently across every classroom.

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Case Study: A Playbook for Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Gifted and Special Ed Programs

Learn how Richardson Independent School District—the second most diverse district in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth metro area—transformed their indentification process to be more equitable and inclusive. 

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Case Study: Introducing Multiple Pathways to Enable Talented Students

Learn how Anchorage County Schools enabled over 40,000 students to find their unique strengths and improve gifted identification despite interrupted learning and budget cuts. 

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Case Study: Using a Strengths-Based Approach to Understanding Students' Aptitude

Explore the differences and purposes of achievement and ability data and how one district plots their data to find outliers, facilitate differentiation, and more.

Hear From Your Peers Webinar Series

The Hear From Your Peers webinar series is designed exclusively for CogAT customers who want to go beyond identification and explore new, practical ways to use ability data to support instruction, engagement, and student growth. 

→ Explore Webinars for Educators

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Hear From Your Peers: Increasing Universal Screening Effectiveness

Universal screening with ability data helps ensure every learner has fair access to gifted and advanced learning opportunities. Join us for a live rerun of one of our most-requested webinars, featuring district leaders and experts sharing what actually works in the field. Moderator: Vickie Driver | Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Klingeman 

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Hear From Your Peers: Next Steps in Strengths-Based Learning

This session introduces the CogAT Next-Step Planning Tool and shows how to move from insight to instruction with ease. In this webinar. you’ll explore: Why strengths-based instruction matters, how CogAT data can be used to drive student growth, and grouping and instructional strategies that bring ability data to life in the classroom.

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Hear From Your Peers: Putting It All Together

This session, back by popular demand, explores the use of CogAT to support personalized learning for all gifted students, not just those at the top. In this session, you’ll learn about: ability Profiles and what they reveal about learners, using ability data to support the full continuum of gifted students, centers-based classrooms built around student strengths, and coaching strategies that help teachers create collaborative, engaging classrooms.

Tips & Tricks

The Balanced Assessment Playbook

Access this handy step-by-step guide to build an equitable and sustainable assessment program to meet every learner's needs.

The CogAT Dashboard for Gifted Coordinators

This short video will show you how to use the new CogAT Dashboard to set cut scores quicker than ever, compare scores side-by-side, and delve deeper into your availability data.

3 Things You Can Do Right Now with CogAT Data

This quick video shows you some online reports and tools you may not be aware of to help make use of data you already have.