District Use of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Accreditation Process

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Long after the accreditation visiting team leaves the building, Catholic school educators recount stories about accreditation. Most of the storytellers seem to react to impending accreditation with "Oh, no. It can't be that time again!" Although accreditation is sought by both public and non-public schools for various reasons, maintaining credibility in the school improvement process seems especially important for Catholic schools (Taymans, 1999), whose mission of evangelization and education is provided to students with families who sacrifice to pay tuition for the school's services.

The importance of Catholic schools in the church's evangelizing ministry has been addressed …