AdvancED provides the following tools and resources to assist schools in the accreditation process.
Accreditation for the 21st Century: Preparing for the QAR Team
This presentation provides for your school faculty an overview of the accreditation and Quality Assurance Review process including what to expect before, during, and after a Quality Assurance Review visit.
AdvancED Accreditation Standards for Quality Schools
Through unification, 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), now share a set of global standards for accreditation. These standards are the foundation for the school accreditation processes.
School Accreditation: A Handbook for Schools
This brief handbook is designed to help you with the steps and logistics of the accreditation process - from beginning the process to preparing for and hosting the Quality Assurance Review to continuing the journey after the review. The handbook includes checklists, sample letters, and more to help you with each component of the accreditation process.
AdvancED Standards Assessment Report for Schools
The Standards Assessment Report is designed to serve as a valuable self-assessment and as a tool to help schools prepare for their Quality Assurance Review. This report is based on the seven AdvancED accreditation standards, which serve as the foundation of the accreditation process. This self-assessment helps schools identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement and is completed prior to a school's Quality Assurance Review.
AdvancED Standards Assessment Report Overall Assessment Rubrics
This document is a companion to the AdvancED Standards Assessment Report (SAR) for Schools. After completing the indicators rubrics and answering the focus questions in the SAR, school staff can use this overall assessment rubric to indicate the option that most accurately reflects how they meet each of the seven standards.
Breakthrough School Improvement
Breakthrough School Improvement is a systemic, research-based, data-driven process that helps schools maximize student performance. This series of publications, ready-to-distribute surveys, and electronic products guides you through continuous improvement and helps you produce greater and faster results.
Completing the Demographics Update
View and print the instructions for accessing and completing the Demographics Update for your institution online.
Completing the Standards Assessment Report Tutorial, Part A: Collecting Data
The Standards Assessment Report (SAR) is your first step toward preparing for a Quality Assurance Review. This handout provides instructions on collecting data that will help you answer the questions on the SAR. View and print the handout, then view the video to learn more about SAR data collection.
Completing the Standards Assessment Report Tutorial, Part B: Accessing and Submitting the SAR Online
This handout provides instructions on accessing and completing your Standards Assessment Report (SAR) online. View and print the handout to learn more about completing the Standards Assessment Report.
Educational Practices Reference Guide
The guide is designed to serve as a resource to schools that want a reference point or example of practices that are aligned with the AdvancED Accreditation Standards for Quality Schools.
Examples of Evidence
This resource is designed to provide a starting point for school personnel as they consider the evidence available in their school and community that demonstrates the school's adherence to the AdvancED quality standards. Intended to be used in conjunction with and as a resource to the Standards Assessment Report (SAR), this document provides examples of practices and artifacts that the school might consider using to support its responses to the indicators and focus questions in the SAR.
Readiness for AdvancED Accreditation: A Self-Assessment of Readiness for Accreditation
This tool is designed to help schools assess their readiness for accreditation by examining the school's practices in relation to the research-based conditions, core tasks, and effective practices of continuously improving schools and districts (NSSE, 2004).
Technical Guide to School and District Factors that Impact Student Learning
The Technical Guide to School and District Factors that Impact Student Learning identifies a number of organizational conditions and effective practices within a school system that can contribute to improved student learning. This research review identifies necessary conditions for improving school systems and core tasks and effective practices of improving schools or districts. AdvancED's seven accreditation standards and accompanying indicators are tied directly to this research review.
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