As the U.S. Department of Education officially states, it does not accredit schools. Instead, accreditation commissions are formed, funded, and operated by their members to create an academic community that is self-regulating. The federal government makes no distinction between accreditation bodies, giving all equal standing. There is no similar federal government list of recognized accreditation agencies for primary and secondary schools. There is wide variation among the individual states in the requirements applied to non-public primary and secondary schools.
There are many well established quality institutions of learning available which are unfairly ignored by the prominate education community. It is these schools we seek to provide a forum of acceptance by offering accreditation opportunities. The cost is minimal. We believe that high cost does not equal high quality. Any business model confirms that a quality program is determined by the product it produces. There is no difference in the education arena. Our country dumps billions of dollars into a failing educational system that will never work for every child. It is the mainstream educator whom will challenge the integrity of a small private school that produces more scholars in one year than an entire district can produce in several years. And these small schools function on a budget far below that of the public sector. Therefore, we have decided to join alongside the winning teams in education. We are looking out for the little schools who are making a big difference.
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ACCREDITATION
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The Accreditation Service is available to member schools only. It is an onging voluntary process of school improvement through which a school seeks to obtain educational excellence. This process begins with establishing membership with N.A.P.H.S. Please ensure that you select Accreditation Service on your membership application. Before you can begin the steps below, you must have submitted your accreditation application and accreditation service fee.
STEPS TO ACCREDITATION
1. Open the document "Accreditation Application". Print the form from your browser and fill it out. Mail it to our office along with your accreditation service fee.
2. Once the application and accreditation service fee are received and processed in our office, you will be contacted by the Accreditation Services Department by email on the assignments you will need to complete. You will be issued one assignment at a time. Take as much time as you need to complete the assignments. The process is very simple and has typcially taken schools no longer then 8 to 10 months to complete.
3. Verification of accreditation status can be provided upon request. Simply contact Accreditation Services at accreditation@naphs.net .