Cognia Inc.

Cognia Inc., operating through its Postsecondary Education Division and doing business as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), is a nonprofit educational assessment and accreditation organization headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The organization specializes in providing comprehensive educational evaluation, assessment, and accreditation services to federal agencies and educational institutions. Cognia's primary service offerings to the federal government include online and paper-based student assessments across multiple grade levels and subject areas, system accreditation services, alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities, assessment platforms and test item banks, and related consulting and support services designed to measure student learning outcomes and support institutional improvement aligned with rigorous, research-based academic standards.

Cognia Inc. has maintained an extensive portfolio of federal contract awards, primarily funded through the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Through multiple delivery orders under indefinite delivery contracts, Cognia has provided system accreditation services, assessment platform and test item bank development, consortium membership and alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and College and Career Ready Standards implementation support across mathematics, literacy, the arts, social studies, and science. DoDEA delivery orders have ranged from approximately $6,500 to $923,676, with recent awards including a $365,300 firm fixed-price delivery order for CCRS implementation (September 2025) and a $601,700 order for system accreditation services (September 2024). The BIE awarded two significant definitive contracts to Cognia: a $4.4 million science assessment contract for grades 5, 8, and 11 (July 2021 through July 2026) and a $2.77 million alternate assessments contract for students with significant cognitive disabilities in English language arts, mathematics, and science (July 2021 through July 2026). All contract work has been performed at Cognia's Alpharetta, Georgia location, with no set-aside designations applied to any awards, and no major subcontractors identified in the award documentation.

Cognia Inc. has received federal grant support through prime grant awards and sub-grant arrangements. The organization received a project grant from the Bureau of Administration with an award date of September 28, 2022, and a completion date of July 31, 2023, to provide education assistance as described in the grant documentation. Additionally, Cognia has participated as a sub-grantee under North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, receiving a sub-grant award on May 13, 2024, for Cognia professional development reimbursement under the 84.425U federal grant program, demonstrating the organization's role in supporting professional development initiatives at the state level.

Cognia Inc. holds three substantial Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Department of Defense Education Activity, collectively valued at approximately $22.98 million with ultimate completion dates extending through 2032 and 2026. The first IDV, awarded on September 29, 2022, is valued at $11.33 million through June 28, 2032, and encompasses assessment platform, test, and item bank services to support DoDEA's educational assessment infrastructure. The second and largest IDV, awarded on September 14, 2022, carries a ceiling value of $11.11 million through September 13, 2032, and covers comprehensive system accreditation services supporting DoDEA's implementation of College and Career Ready Standards across core academic disciplines. Under this IDV, five delivery orders totaling approximately $2.1 million have been issued between September 2022 and September 2025. The third IDV, awarded on July 16, 2021, is valued at $542,278.08 through July 15, 2026, and provides for consortium membership and alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in grades 3-11. All three indefinite delivery contracts are single-award vehicles with no set-aside designations, and all performance occurs at Cognia's headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia. These IDVs represent Cognia's primary federal contract vehicles and demonstrate sustained engagement with DoDEA for specialized educational assessment and accreditation services serving military-connected student populations.