How do Visiting Committees determine their recommendation for term?
Using a rubric based on the criteria established by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, the VC makes a recommendation. Of the criteria (you can find these in your process book in the “Term” section), the largest number (hence, it is a weighted rubric) of items relate to the action plan (past history of action, reasonableness and rightness of current key ideas, and the monitoring and follow-up processes at the school and district). Teams work to come to consensus on the recommended term; minority reports are possible. It is the Commission that grants accreditation.
