The
Kentucky Core Content and the Kentucky Program of Studies have been aligned
and encompass the Kentucky Academic Expectations. Hardin County Schools have
focused our curriculum around these goals to ensure that the National
Standards, Kentucky Core Content for Assessment, and the Kentucky Program of
Studies are utilized as standards for curriculum.
The resources listed below is an attempt to equip parents and teachers with
the tools necessary to help our students reach their academic goals.
Additional Resources
for Teachers and Parents
Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Accreditation
The Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools has as its central purpose the improvement of education in the South
through the process of accreditation. Accreditation is a nongovernmental and
voluntary process of evaluation concerned with improving educational quality
and assuring the public that member institutes meet established standards.
As one of six regional associations in the
United States, the Southern Association, founded in 1895, accredits colleges
and schools in 11 Southern states - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Virginia - and in Mexico, Central and South America, and the islands of
the Caribbean. Currently the membership includes more than 12,000 public and
private institutions enrolling more than 11 million students in
universities, senior colleges, two-year colleges, high schools, junior high
schools, middle schools, elementary schools, and early childhood centers and
kindergartens.
The Accreditation Process
Accreditation is a process for institutional
improvement through a systematic program of evaluation and the application
of educational standards or criteria. Accreditation means not only that an
institute meets prescribed minimum standards, but also that the institution
demonstrates a commitment to providing quality educational programs.
Regional accreditation is comprehensive: it
evaluates the entire institution, not just certain programs. Member colleges
and schools undertake exhaustive self-studies involving the participation of
faculty, administrators, staff, students, and governing board members. A
committee of peer evaluators, comprised of professional educators who have
volunteered to serve on the committee, visits an institution to assess its
compliance with stated standards, to review the acceptability of self-study,
and to make recommendations based on the committee's evaluation.
Institutional personnel respond to recommendations stated in the visiting
committee report and design short-term and long-range plans for improvement
based on the recommendations.
Accreditation is not a permanent status.
Membership in the Southern Association depends on continuing improvement
demonstrated through a regular cycle of annual reports, interim reviews, and
periodic evaluations.
The following Hardin County Schools are fully
accredited:
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