"AdvancED is the largest community of education professionals in the world. We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on-site external reviews of Pre-K-12 schools and school systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. While our expertise is grounded in more than a hundred years of work in school accreditation, AdvancED is far from a typical accrediting agency. Our goal isn’t to certify that schools are good enough. Rather, our commitment is to help schools improve.
Combining the knowledge and expertise of a research institute, the skills of a management consulting firm and the passion of a grassroots movement for educational change, we serve as a trusted partner to 34,000 schools and school systems—employing more than four million educators and enrolling more than 20 million students—across the United States and 70 other nations. AdvancED was created through a 2006 merger of the Pre-K-12 divisions of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI)—and expanded through the addition of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) in 2012."  Please visit:  www.advanc-ed.org/ for more information.
AdvancED VISION
Create a world of opportunities for every learner.
AdvancED MISSION
Lead and empower the education community to ensure that all learners realize their full potential.
AdvancED VALUES
Dream Big. We are not constrained by the current environment or framework even as we work within existing systems.
Stand for the Learner. We represent the interests of all learners with a commitment to equity and integrity.
Be Bold and Daring. We take risks that support our beliefs.
Drive Potential. We create and initiate change, growth and innovation in our work but also among each other. We embrace the individuality we bring and strive for excellence as a team.
Be Tenacious. We are relentless in pursuing our mission.
Build Connections. We expand and nurture our internal and external relationships.

AdvancED Surveys

"The AdvancED Surveys are designed for an educational institution to gather data on its stakeholders’ perceptions, opinions and overall knowledge of various facets of the institution. Administering the suite of surveys-student, staff, and parent surveys- fulfills one accreditation requirement for all types of educational institutions: public, school system,
private, international, faith-based, early learning centers, corporations, or distance learning. 
​Survey data results are an essential source of data for any institution that desires to “see the institution through the eyes of its stakeholders” and to understand how it can improve its governance, instructional program, resources and support for students, and stakeholder
involvement. Survey results should serve as one of several powerful pieces of data an institution’s leadership uses to inform its improvement planning and organizational effectiveness efforts. Because of the changing dynamics associated with educational institutions, it is considered an effective practice to administer surveys to stakeholders on an annual basis. Institutions should purposefully seek internal and external stakeholders’
perceptions as a means to initiate or sustain communication efforts, become aware of the institution’s perception from different viewpoints, improve stakeholder relationships, and increase stakeholders’ knowledge of the institution."