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title: "Case Study: Introducing Multiple Pathways to Enable Talented Students"
description: With the data of CogAT and Iowa Assessments, Anchorage County schools were able to improve their gifted identification programs and support the unique strengths of each student despite Covid-19 budget cuts. Read the case study.
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# [Case Study: Introducing Multiple Pathways to Enable Talented Students](https://blog.riversideinsights.com/cogat-case-study-anchorage)

 Written by [Riverside Insights](https://blog.riversideinsights.com/author/riverside-insights) | Sep 8, 2022 5:12:00 PM

#### *“As we do this, there’s going **to be more students at **every school that will qualify **for service because we’ve **frankly been overlooking **people that we should be **serving."*

Anchorage County Schools serves over 40,000 students in Alaska but struggled to equitably and effectively identify students who would benefit from gifted programs. Using the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) and national data from the Iowa Assessments™, Anchorage County transformed their screening process and requirements to equitably identify students for advanced placement and appropriately challenge their students at all levels.

 

*[Read this case study](https://blog.riversideinsights.com/hubfs/Anchorage_Case_Study.pdf) to explore how this district enabled all students to find their unique strengths and improve gifted identification despite Covid-19 and budget cuts. *

 

 

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