Accreditation

Excel Adult High School is accredited by Cognia, the parent organization of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), and the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC). View their accreditation profile.

Cognia is a nationally recognized accrediting agency dedicated to advancing excellence in education worldwide. Cognia provides accreditation, research, and professional services to 34,000 schools and school systems—employing more than 4 million educators and enrolling more than 20 million students—across the United States and 70 other nations.

Excel Adult High School is accredited by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. See MSA-CESS for more details. The Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association accredit early-childhood through post-secondary, non-degree granting public, private, faith-based educational institutions, including special purpose schools, and learning services providers. MSA Commission on Secondary Schools is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a gatekeeper for eligibility for Title IV funding for postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and distance education throughout the United States.

Why is accreditation important?

Accreditation is designed to help educational institutions raise their ongoing performance efforts for the benefit of their students. Accreditation is designed to enable students to:

• Experience ease in transferring high school credits from one accredited school to another.
• Earn a diploma from an institution that is nationally recognized as being part of a quality school system.
• Gain greater access to federal loans, scholarships, post-secondary education, and possibly some military programs, which require that students attended an accredited institution.
• Benefit from their institution or educational system’s commitment to raising student performance and accountability.