Aligning Assessment Practices

At the heart of the NACEP Accreditation Standards is a belief that college faculty play an integral role in ensuring parity in concurrent enrollment course content, assessments, and expectations. NACEP’s 16 standards in six categories serve to ensure the post-secondary institution offers the same college course in the high school as is offered on the campus and provides sufficient academic and program oversight to ensure course integrity. Integral to this process is the Assessment Standard which addresses the proficiency of learning outcomes for students through the use of comparable grading standards and assessment methods between on-campus and high school sections. Whether NACEP accredited or not, Concurrent Enrollment Programs (CEPs) can look to NACEP’s A1 Standard for guidance on ensuring consistency in how students demonstrate their learning, and how instructors assess that learning.