District Accreditation is a powerful systems approach to improving student performance results over time. District Accreditation recognizes that increasing student achievement is more than teaching reading, math, or science better. It is a result of how well all the parts of the education system - the district, school, and classroom - work together to meet the needs of students.

Through AdvancED, NCA CASI and SACS CASI have developed shared, research-based accreditation standards for school districts that cross state, regional, and national boundaries. Accompanying these standards is a unified, clear and powerful accreditation process designed to help districts improve the quality of their systems.

The AdvancED standards and supporting accreditation process provide a comprehensive, coordinated approach for a system of schools to support ever increasing levels of student performance.  District Accreditation also provides an effective method that educators can use to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation and state accountability laws.