The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation
and School Improvement challenges schools to be ready for all learners and to
press them to excellence.
Mission
NCA Commission on Accreditation and School
Improvement (NCA-CASI) is a dynamic school accreditation and evaluation
organization that protects the public trust and is proactive in promoting a
system of education that:
Enhances student learning and the love of learning.
Fosters healthy, creative, and innovative human beings.
Prepares students to live and learn in an ever changing and diverse
world.
Ensures successful schooling transitions for its learners through
the provision of standards and evaluation services for schools.
Beliefs
Student success, especially emphasizing
improving student performance, represents the unifying theme of the
organization's beliefs.
We believe that the application of the NCA-CASI accreditation and
improvement criteria will enhance learning.
We believe that children are our greatest resource, and it takes
the entire community to provide the highest quality education for them.
We believe that through the leadership of NCA-CASI, schools will
continuously improve.
We believe that the recognition and valuing of diversity and equity
are essential for student success.
We believe that the quality of students' school experience is
ultimately measured by her/his successful school-to-school (prekindergarten to
postsecondary) and school-to-work transitions and by the creation of a desire
for lifelong learning.
