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Flanders, Anne K.; Wick, John – 1998
This paper examines whether the peer-review process of the North Central Association (NCA) is reliable and valid. Reliance on peer judgments has been a part of NCA accreditation, but confidence in the use of peer decisions to certify a school's readiness to implement the improvement plan--Outcomes Accreditation (OA)--was weak. The study focused on…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education