Accreditation is awarded to educational institutions that meet the highest standards of providing quality education. The process of earning accreditation status is quite rigorous. A team of highly qualified teachers and administrators from outside schools review every aspect of the school’s operations. This includes the curriculum, teachers, administration, school leadership, and financial viability.
Accreditation is not a one-time event. For example, Cognia accredited schools must commit to continuous improvement every year, and be re-accredited every 5 years.
Accredited high school diplomas are diplomas that are offered to students who have successfully finished their school education from any of the accredited schools across America. These diplomas are becoming more and more important, as they are considered to be the minimum educational requirement for candidates applying for either jobs or higher education. Surveys conducted in America ascertain that people who have school diplomas earn more income than those who don't.
Accreditation is intended to protect schools, employers, and students. It guarantees that a particular high school is teaching its students at a level that is acceptable nationally.
When students acquire diplomas from accredited high schools, they can be assured that colleges will accept it and employers recognize it. Similarly, when colleges accept students or employers hire people, they can be assured that a student or prospective employee has undergone quality training from an accredited school.
WHY DOES ACCREDITATION MATTER?
Accreditation is designed to help educational institutions boost their ongoing performance efforts for the benefit of their students. Cognia insists on a relentless pursuit of excellence – for itself and for the institutions it accredits. This ethic of excellence ensures that institutions will find rich benefits from accreditation and that parents can confidently make informed decisions about their children’s education, knowing their child’s school is accredited. Accreditation matters because our students deserve the highest level of educational excellence possible.
Educational institutions that engage in Cognia accreditation will:
- Meet required SEVIS (Homeland Security) requirements for foreign exchange students
- Meet NCAA requirements for student athletes
- Meet accreditation requirements of numerous private foundations
- Unite with a global network committed to high standards of educational excellence
- Experience a unified, clear, and powerful accreditation process with a scalable and sustainable evaluation of education quality
- Receive external and objective validation of the areas in which they’re doing well, and the areas for continuous improvement
- Experience a state-of-the-art web-based accreditation system that is continuously being upgraded and improved
- Benefit from shared expertise and powerful professional learning through local and global workshops, training, conferences, and personalized service
Students and their parents will:
- Experience ease in transferring credits from one school to another (especially important if there is any chance your student may one day enter public high school)
- Gain greater access to federal loans, scholarships, postsecondary education and military programs that require students attend an accredited institution
- Benefit from their institution or educational system’s commitment to raising student performance and accountability
School leaders engaged in Cognia Accreditation will:
- Take stock of themselves in relation to a set of research based quality standards
- Establish a vision, assess their current reality, implement and improvement plan, monitor progress and evaluate results
- Enhance the school’s best thinking with the insights and perspectives of an external review team
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