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ERIC Number: EJ435146
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0790
Site Visits in the Accreditation Process of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Mitchell, Ruth
Evaluation and Research in Education, spec iss v4 n2 p75-79 1990
Site visits by peers of those being visited are discussed as part of an educational indicator system. The experience of the WASC in California in using self-study and site visits in school accreditation for over six years is described, and limitations of the procedure are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role, Educational Indicators, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Institutional Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Public Schools, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Site Visits; Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Boston, MA, April 16-20, 1990).