Pre-tertiary-education accreditation
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Pre-tertiary-education accreditation is a type of quality assurance process used in the United States under which services and operations of pre-tertiary schools and educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met.[1]
History
The initial focus of
AdvancED) and its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (now the Higher Learning Commission) were formed as independent corporations that began independent operation on January 1, 2001.[3]
Federal context
In the
high schools, as well as nearly all public and private institutions of higher education that are academic in nature.[citation needed
]
Some states, including Missouri[5] and North Dakota,[6] accredit public secondary schools within their borders.
See also
- Educational accreditation
- International Standard Classification of Education
- National Association of Independent Schools
References
- AdvancED. Archived from the originalon September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ a b History of the North Central Association
- ^ SEPARATE INCORPORATION OF THE COMMISSIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION, NCA Higher Learning Commission website; archived October 15, 2001 and Initiating the New Corporation: The Higher Learning Commission, NCA Exchanges Newsletter, November 2000; archived June 12, 2004
- ^ State Regulation of Private Schools Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, June 2000. U.S. Department of Education.
- ^ "State board votes to rescind St. Louis schools' accreditation". St. Louis Business Journal. March 22, 2007.
- ^ "North Dakota School Approval & Accreditation". Dpi.state.nd.us. Retrieved February 12, 2012.