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El-Khawas, Elaine – 2001
This study analyzes the accreditation experience in the United States with special emphasis on the issues and decisions that surrounded the development of evaluation procedures and standards. Attention is given to the relationship between accrediting agencies and governmental agencies, the effect of accrediting requirements on the way that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role
Download full textCouncil for American Private Education, Germantown, MD. – 2002
The Blue Ribbon Schools (BRS) program was designed in 1982 with three purposes in mind: to identify and recognize outstanding schools; to provide schools a tool and criteria for self-assessment and improvement; and to facilitate the sharing of best practices among schools. This book presents profiles and best practices of 12 elementary, 2 middle,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1993
This five-part volume presents a comprehensive collection of 24 accounts of campus assessment practices by the individuals who developed and implemented them. Part 1 presents the stories of five institutions in which assessment has effected a marked change in the way faculty and staff do their work. Part 2 describes some of the broad approaches to…
Descriptors: Campuses, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
