What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a voluntary dual-purpose process that schools:

(1) must be worthy of the trust placed in them to provide high-quality learning opportunities

(2) clearly, demonstrate continual self-improvement.

An accredited school is:

• focused on a mission and goals for students
• it focuses on the schoolwide learning outcomes (SLOs)
• it is student-oriented and examines its students' performance continuously
• it accepts an objective evaluation from a team of outside peer professionals trained by WASC
• it maintains a qualified faculty within an effectively organized school
• it collaboratively assesses the quality of its educational programs on a regular basis
• it plans for the future.