Accreditation
As a world-wide school, CMA School of Arts and Sciences is both regionally and internationally accredited by the International and Trans-regional Division of the Northwest Accreditation Commission. Northwest Accreditation Commission is one of the six regional accreditation agencies for K-12.
What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a voluntary process which ensures schools provide high-quality learning opportunities and clearly demonstrate continual self-improvement. An accredited school is based on meeting specific criteria set forth by the Northwest Accreditation Commission.
The Northwest Accreditation Commission adopted the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) standards as criteria to meet accreditation standards for online schools.
Schools who maintain accreditation:
- are focused on a mission and goals for students
- are student-oriented and examines its students' performance continuously
- maintains a qualified faculty within an effectively organized school
- collaboratively assesses the quality of its educational programs on a regular basis
- plans for the future
- accepts objective evaluation from a team of outside peer professionals trained by Northwest Accreditation Commission
Accredited schools from any of the regional accreditation agencies must adhere to the credit acceptance policy for member schools.
CMASAS courses are also approved and accepted by the NCAA Eligibility Center for Student Athletes wishing to be eligible for and participate in Collegiate Sports.