The Standards

The AdvancED Accreditation Standards for Quality School Systems serve as the foundation for the accreditation process. The seven standards and accompanying indicators are tied directly to the research on factors that impact student learning. The seven standards address the following areas:

1.	Vision and Purpose
2.	Governance and Leadership
3.	Teaching and Learning
4.	Documenting and Using Results
5.	Resources and Support Systems
6.	Stakeholder Communications and Relationships
7.	Commitment to Continuous Improvement

Accredited school systems adhere to the standards and use them as a tool for ongoing self-assessment. They use the standards to continually ask themselves, "What more can we be doing to benefit our students?"

Accredited school systems use a disciplined and system-wide approach to document and maintain evidence of their adherence to the standards. They are continually ready to answer the question, "How do we know we meet the standards?"

 

 

 

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