APPLE Accreditation maintains co-operative agreements with the organizations listed below. These agreements allow schools to earn accreditation from multiple organizations through a single self-study and site visit process. For more information, please contact us at info@faccm.org or (800) 322-2603.
NCPSA Recognition
APPLE Accreditation is a proud member of the National Council of Private School Accreditation (NCPSA). NCPSA is a nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to promote and support independent and autonomous accrediting associations that serve private early childhood, elementary, and secondary schools. To become a member of NCPSA accrediting associations must complete a multistep review process including the submission of applications, evaluations of standards and procedures, and site visits to ensure compliance with established criteria.
By earning NCPSA recognition, APPLE Accreditation now stands alongside some of the nation's most respected accrediting organizations as members of this prestigious organization.
See below for a list of organizations that have successfully completed the procedures necessary to enter and advance to full recognition with NCPSA.
- Accreditation International (Ai)
- Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools (AAA)
- Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS-WASC)
- American International Accreditation Association of Schools and Colleges (AIAASC)
- American Montessori Society (AMS)
- APPLE Accreditation (APPLE)
- Array Global Accreditation (ARRAY)
- Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
- Association of Christian Teachers & Schools (ACTS)
- Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
- Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF)
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
- Charlotte Mason Institute (CMI)
- Christian Schools International (CSI)
- Christian Schools of Florida (CSF)
- Florida Association of Christian Colleges & Schools (FACCS)
- Florida Catholic Conference (FCC)
- Florida Coalition of Christian Private School Accreditation (FCCPSA)
- International Christian Accrediting Association (ICAA)
- International Montessori Council (IMC)
- ISEI Education Association (ISEI)
- Kentucky Non-Public Schools Commission (KYNPSC)
- Middle States Association – Commission on Elementary & Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS)
- National Accreditation Board of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch (NABMLIC)
- National Alliance of Christian Schools (NACS)
- National Independent Private Schools Association (NIPSA)
- National Lutheran School Association (NLSA)
- North American Christian School Accrediting Agency (NACSAA)
- Serving & Accrediting Independent Schools (SAIS)
- The Catholic University of America – Lumen Accreditation (LUMEN)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA)