Accreditation and Associations
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Catholic schools in the Diocese of Evansville are accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education and Cognia. The Catholic schools are also in good standing with NCEA and INPEA. |
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The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) accredits non-public schools that choose to seek accreditation under law. The accreditation status is predominantly determined by performance for the previous academic year as determined by the by Public Law 221 provisions. Additionally, compliance with legal standards established for accredited schools by Indiana statute or regulations of the Indiana State Board of Education are also considered.
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At Cognia we believe system accreditation is like a huge fulcrum that can leverage improvement across an entire system. There is no question that the school and the classroom are at the heart of teaching and learning. System accreditation, however, has the power to nurture and support individual school improvement, and the same time unify school improvement and align it with overall system improvement goals so that the system’s schools are moving in one direction together, on the same page.
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NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 150,000 Catholic educators serving 6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries, and in colleges and universities. The Association's structure is based on a departmental arrangement whereby member institutions hold Association membership through one of the constitutive departments.
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The Indiana Non-Public Education Association (INPEA) is an association representing non-public schools in Indiana. More than 400 schools, 96,000 students and 6,900 teachers, pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, are part of the organization. INPEA formed in 1974 when 12 representatives from non-public schools met and agreed to form an association to serve the interest of non-public school education in Indiana. Educators at the inaugural meeting represent Christian, Lutheran, Catholic and independent non-public schools.
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