Membership that Matters

Connecting insights for sustainable improvement.

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Improve with purpose

Sustaining school improvement isn’t easy. Progress can stall or, even worse, reverse. Cognia Membership and our trusted framework for success helps your school focus on what matters most. For over 130 years, schools dedicated to excellence have trusted us to guide their continuous improvement.

Choose your pathway to success

Unlock the power of Cognia Membership. Through the Cognia Improvement Platform, observe, evaluate, learn, and improve using research-based tools and insights.

  • Essential Membership provides the foundation to measure and track progress toward your goals.
  • Enhanced Membership adds the distinction of accreditation and certification.

With guidance from a dedicated local expert, you’ll maximize every benefit and sustain meaningful improvement.

  • OBSERVE
    OBSERVE
  • Teacher Observation Tool
    Teacher Observation Tool
  • Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®)
    Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®)
  • Environmental Rating for Early Learning
    Environmental Rating for Early Learning
  • EVALUATE
    EVALUATE
  • Perception Surveys
    Perception Surveys
  • Formative Assessments
    Formative Assessments
  • Engagement Review*
    Engagement Review*
  • Performance Accreditation
    Performance Accreditation
  • Certifications**
    Certifications**
  • LEARN
    LEARN
  • Accreditation Training
    Accreditation Training
  • eleot® Certification
    eleot® Certification
  • IMPROVE
    IMPROVE
  • Performance Standards
    Performance Standards
  • Continuous Improvement Framework
    Continuous Improvement Framework
  • Strategic Planner
    Strategic Planner
  • Dashboard Reporting
    Dashboard Reporting
Essential
Membership
U.S.—$1,200
Outside U.S.—$2,600
Early Learning—$950
  • OBSERVE
  • Teacher Observation Tool
  • Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®)
  • Environmental Rating for Early Learning
  • EVALUATE
  • Perception Surveys
  • Formative Assessments
  • Engagement Review*
    —
  • Performance Accreditation
    —
  • Certifications**
    —
  • LEARN
  • Accreditation Training
    —
  • eleot® Certification
    —
  • IMPROVE
  • Performance Standards
  • Continuous Improvement Framework
  • Strategic Planner
  • Dashboard Reporting
Enhanced
Membership
U.S.—$1,400
Outside U.S.—$3,000
Early Learning—$1,100
  • OBSERVE
  • Teacher Observation Tool
  • Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot®)
  • Environmental Rating for Early Learning
  • EVALUATE
  • Perception Surveys
  • Formative Assessments
  • Engagement Review*
  • Performance Accreditation
  • Certifications**
  • LEARN
  • Accreditation Training
  • eleot® Certification
  • IMPROVE
  • Performance Standards
  • Continuous Improvement Framework
  • Strategic Planner
  • Dashboard Reporting

Pricing is per institution, per year.

*Additional fees apply during an engagement review year.
**Pursue one of our certifications with accreditation for an additional fee.

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Be inspired by success stories from our members

Frequently asked questions

Essential Membership provides a simple, all-in-one platform for schools to collect and analyze data—key steps for school improvement. For those seeking deeper evaluation, accreditation or certification options are available to drive excellence.

All tools and resources are aligned to our proven research-based standards, guiding schools through observation, evaluation, learning, and improvement for sustained success.

Membership connects you to benchmark data from over 40,000 institutions worldwide, helping you measure your progress and identify areas for growth.

Cognia is more than a partner in our journey for continuous improvement, because they anticipate our needs as a district and as educators while also being open to innovation and creating solutions for our staff and students. We would not have had the success and growth we’ve had this year without the support from Cognia and the ND Department of Public Instruction.”
Kari Schneider
Curriculum Director
Killdeer Public School District #16, North Dakota
AdvancED [Cognia] not only offered our school a chance to grow and offer a great academic culture, but also helped us create deeper relationships with our students.”
Maria Lourdes Mendoza
Head of Institution
Escuela Maternal Internacional, Puerto Rico
It’s not for compliance, but for monitoring and identifying the supports schools need and how that transitions to the work we do at the district level.”
Phil Valdez
Deputy Superintendent
Farmington Municipal Schools, New Mexico
We value continuous improvement. We value innovation, and that’s where I think Cognia is invaluable—it keeps us moving forward in an effort to try to create our innovative culture while at the same time reflecting and remaining in that constant cycle of continuous improvement.”
Jeremy Tucker, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Liberty Public Schools, Missouri

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