Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

The premier accreditation agency for distance education and travel education schools

Our Mission

"The mission of the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools is to advance excellence in education through the process of accreditation." Accreditation promotes continual school improvement leading to greater student achievement.

The Northwest Association of Accredited Schools accredits distance education, elementary, foreign nation, high, K‑12, middle level, post secondary nondegree granting, residential, special purpose, supplementary education, and travel education schools.

The Northwest Association of Accredited schools is one of the nation's six acknowledged accreditation agencies. The geographic territory of the Association consists of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and other geographical areas designated from time to time by the Board of Trustees.

Welcome!

Welcome to the NAAS web site. We are committed to provide the information, materials and templates necessary for you to conduct your accreditation activities. Please review the items on both the top menu and the left side menu to access the information you need.

New schools may wish to access the Getting Started page that provides information, an application and the Initial Visit Template. Current member schools should access the state web site by clicking on the map of the states in the region on the left menu to find the link to your state accreditation web site, annual report templates and other materials particular to each individual state in the NAAS region. These links are maintained by each state accreditation committee and contain specific information pertinent to each state’s Initial Visit fees, annual reporting, and self-study processes. The Idaho State Accreditation Committee charges a rate of $100 for initial visits. The Washington State Accreditation Committee charges a rate of $250 for initial visits and is conducting a pilot with a unique annual reporting procedure. The remaining five states charge a reimbursement for initial visit travel costs and require an annual report.NAAS Evidence-Based School Evaluation (EBSE) includes the use of self-study documents. Schools scheduled for a self-study and team visit will find two versions below in the Most Requested Documents section or on the left menu of this web site. Please contact your particular state accreditation committee or the International and Transregional Division commissioner about specific details for the use of these documents.

Our Standards

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The 2009 Second Quarter eNewsletter has been posted.

50 and 75 Year Schools.

Schools accredited 50 and 75 years are now listed on Schools page of the web site. Please see the listing of those schools reaching this wonderful accomplishment.

NAAS Parent and Information Brochures may now be downloaded and printed.

Please visit the Publications page.

Updated Initial Visit and Annual Report Templates

NAAS has posted updated versions of the Initial Visit Templates and the Visiting Team Report forms for all categories of schools.