Accreditation

OnlineHighSchool.org is an Independently Accredited online high school. Independent Accreditation is a status that our school has voluntarily chosen in order to achieve its motto of "Setting the Standard" in online education. While regional accreditation or accreditation by other DETC or CHEA accredited agencies is an option we have not ruled out for future consideration, our concerns are that the burgeoning field of online high school education may not fit squarely into the mold of the brick and mortar school accreditation process. For example, many of the school campus related standards in traditional accreditation have little to no application in a virtual environment. An online high school would either be easily waived of these requirements (a process not fair to brick and mortar schools), or they may be denied on grounds that the standards don't apply (a process not fair to online schools).

Until the novelty of online high school education reaches a state of normalcy within the academic world, our school has opted to set the standard for other schools and accrediting agencies to consider.

OnlineHighSchool Independent Accreditation Standards:

• State Credentialed Teachers
• One to One, live, synchronous, virtual meetings between teachers & students
• Professional Data collection and Analysis
• College Preparatory Curriculum that is engaging and age appropriate for students
• A variety of assessments to match student learning styles including: quizzes, tests, worksheets, papers, projects, PowerPoint's, Spreadsheets, web presentations, discussions with peers, discussions with teachers, etc
• Proctored final exams
  
• Institutional Professionalism: fiscal responsibility, vision, mission, policies, procedures, etc.

OnlineHighSchool.org DOES NOT offer any of the following options:

• Passing a variant of the GED test to issue a diploma
  
• Testing out of subjects to show mastery and granting a diploma

Will my school or college accept online high school classes on my transcript?
Most often the answer is "Yes" however, no school can ever guarantee universal acceptance of its credits to outside agencies. There are many factors schools and colleges consider when accepting credits from another agency such as: assessments, proctored exams, "wet labs" for science classes, etc.  In addition to accreditation many schools/colleges have their own additional standards such as the “a-g system” used by CA state universities.  Some schools require outside courses be approved for acceptance to the school in advance, others don’t.  Even courses from accredited schools will not always be guaranteed a seat in the desired department for graduation requirements and may be demoted to elective status.  The safest way to ensure your credits will transfer is to contact your school or college in advance and inquire of a counselor or academic advisor.  To prepare for this it’s best to download a copy of the course description so the counselor can match standards.