Why CAISA?

If my school has several options
for choosing a regional accrediting agency—
why should CAISA of NEASC be our choice?

1. CAISA has a single set of Standards, developed within the Association and enriched by discussion with the five other Commissions within NEASC, who also each have a single set of standards. To borrow standards from anywhere indicates a lack of standards within the accrediting agency.
    
2. The CAISA protocol (which is currently the 7^th Edition) has been developed to underline, serve, and support the Standards. CAISA uses only the one protocol.
    
3. CAISA uses, almost exclusively, trained, peer educators to staff Visiting Teams. Nearly all of the volunteers have chaired Visiting Teams for one of the other Commissions and have attended additional workshops for the accreditation of American and internationalschools abroad.
    
4. CAISA hosts a yearly, three-day workshop for all of its  chair volunteers, thus keeping trained volunteers current.
    

5. Testimonials from schools who have transferred to a NEASC accreditation  include references to the quality and thoroughness of the visiting team report;  the follow-through of NEASC to make sure the school responds to all recommendations;  frequest and helpful communication with the NEASC office; the expertise and commitment to its standards. The popularity of NEASC accredition is underlined by a 37% increase in accredited schools over the last three years.

6. NEASC is constantly updating its protocol and standards so as to stay abreast of best practice in education.
    
7. NEASC sustains a long and close relationship with the Council of International Schools (CIS) and jointly accredits American and international schools.