F.A.Q.
CESI promotes educational excellence and school improvement through rigorous accreditations. We are a non-profit organization that has been accrediting independent schools since 1986. We have completed over 150 reviews in 60 schools in Canada, Bermuda, and Switzerland. [top] What is the value of CESI? The accreditation provided by CESI contributes to a disciplined, reflective and collaborative school improvement process. [top] How many schools has CESI accredited? CESI has accredited over 60 schools. [top] How does a school become a member of CESI? Please refer to the Membership section for further details. [top] How do I select a school for my child? Please refer to the Resource section for a downloadable guideline [top] Who benefits from the accreditation process? While board members, faculty, and staff all benefit from valuable input on school improvement suggestions, students are the main ones to benefit from a reflective and collaborative process. Our data proves the benefits of the CESI accreditation process. From January 1999 to June 2006, CESI reviewed 51 schools. In the 51 Visiting Committee reports, the total number of recommendations is 1068. In a study of the Response reports – schools reported that they had implemented 48% of the recommendations within 18 Months and they were in the process of implementing 46% of the recommendations. Considering that some of the remaining 6% of recommendations may have been implemented eventually after the 18 month reporting period, that’s at least a 94% success rate. The strength of CESI is in offering schools specific recommendations on how to make their schools better in terms of program and operation. The strength of CESI is that schools implement those recommendations demonstrating that CESI schools are institutions committed to excellence and school improvement. [top] |