North Central Association
Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision
The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
assures the public of quality learning opportunities by holding the education
profession to ever-higher standards.
NCA CASI is the professional leader in delivering quality accreditation and
related services to education entities worldwide.
Mission
Through accreditation and related services, NCA CASI continuously
improves the quality of education and challenges education entities to prepare
each and every learner for success.
Core Activities that Support the Mission:
Set quality standards for the education profession
Provide external review and validation of education entities
Accredit education entities that achieve the standards and
engage in continuous improvement
Challenge and support education entities to continually
improve student performance
Values
High Standards
We hold ourselves and education entities to the highest professional standards.
External Review
We validate the results of our work and those of education entities through
external review.
Continuous Improvement
We challenge ourselves and education entities to be better today than we
were yesterday.
Accountability
We hold ourselves and education entities responsible for honoring promises,
delivering results, and disclosing information to the public.
Equity
We commit ourselves and education entities to prepare each and every learner
for success.
Data-driven Decision Making
We require our decisions and those of education entities to be based in
data.
Research-based Change
We require ourselves and education entities to use research-based strategies
to drive organizational change.