Listed below are a few different accreditation agencies and some brief information about each.
American Association of Christian Schools
·
Benefits
of AACS - Click link below for more information http://www.aacs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Benefits-List-10.15.2013-tilt-w-pieC.pdf
·
Established
on 197989
·
60-65
Accredited Schools
Association of Classical & Christian Schools
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ACCS
has 300 school members.
Click link below for more information
http://accsedu.org/members--by-state/alabama-members
Click link below for more information
http://accsedu.org/members--by-state/alabama-members
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ACCS
has 50-60 accredited schools
Click link below for more information
http://accsedu.org/members__by_state/accredited_members
Click link below for more information
http://accsedu.org/members__by_state/accredited_members
· Founded
in 1978, ACSI is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has 28
regional offices in North America and around the globe (10 in the United States
and 18 internationally). More than 23,000 schools from 100 countries are
members.
·
120
member Christian colleges and universities
·
Over
20,000 member schools (preschool to grade 12) internationally
·
3,000
member schools (preschool to grade 12) in the United States
· In
2002, ACSI merged with AdvancED. This provided schools wanting to obtain
both accreditation to complete one accreditation process and receive both
endorsements. Before this time, schools wanting both ACSI and AdvancED
accreditations had to complete two separated accreditation processes.
Duel
accreditations with ACSI and AdvancED is still possible.
· ACSI
reviews it's accreditation process and standards every five to seven years. The
new version of ACSI accreditation, Reach 2.0
Click below to view complete REACH 2.0 Document
has
several changes. Some of these are ......
o2.4 Constituents and stakeholders are
provided appropriate input by leadership in the decision-making process, a
practice that promotes culture of participation, responsibility, transparency
and ownership.
o 2.9 A financial review is conducted
by an external CPS who has no vested interest in the school at the time of
initial accreditation and renewal. The annual statement of financial practice
is submitted with the annual accreditation reports.
o5.2 The curriculum guide/plan is based
on Biblical truth, sound educational practices, and appropriate school selected
Standards that inform the instructional program of the whole child-spiritually,
intellectually, physically, emotionally and socially.
o5.7 The school analyzes student performance
data including ..
§ Implications
of schoolwide trends seen from year to year.
§ Monitoring
the progress of individual students.
§ Disaggregation
of data by gender, ethnicity and other factors important to the school and
comparison to comparable outside
groups.
An ongoing
planning process is collaborative and it includes opportunities for input from
all stakeholders.
· Reach
2.0 Accreditation Manual Appendix B Pages 22-23states the Nonnegotiable
indicators.
Click link below for more information
ASCI
site https://www.acsi.org/
· AdvancED
serves over 34,000 schools and school districts in the United States and 70
other nations. Click here for more information http://www.advanc-ed.org/about-us
· AdvancED
was created through a 2006 merger of the Pre-K-12 divisions of the North
Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA
CASI) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on
Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI)—and expanded through the
addition of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) in 2011. Click here for more information http://www.advanc-ed.org/about-us
· AdvancED
has partnerships with over 15 other accreditation agencies. These established partnerships allow a greater opportunity for graduates to be accepted in most high education institutes across the US and world.Click here for more information http://www.advanc-ed.org/services/partnerships
AdvancED site http://www.advanc-ed.org/
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