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The '''Northwest Accreditation Commission''' ('''NWAC'''), formerly named the '''Northwest Association of Accredited Schools''', is a non-governmental organization that provides [[Educational accreditation|accreditation]] to educational institutions in the [[Northwestern United States]].<ref>((Cite web |title=Northwest Accreditation Commission/The - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0729655D:US |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en))</ref> The Commission accredits [[K–12]], [[elementary school|elementary]], [[middle school|middle]], and [[high school]]s; those offering [[distance education]]; non-[[academic degree| degree]]-granting [[Tertiary education|postsecondary]] institutions; and special purpose, supplementary education, travel education, and trans-regional schools in seven [[U.S. state|state]]s in the northwestern United States. Formerly an independent entity based in [[Boise, Idaho]], it is now a division of [[Cognia (education)|AdvancED]].

The commission operates in seven states: [[Alaska]], [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Nevada]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. Now it operates in India also in collaboration with SERI India. The [[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities]], which also serves this geographic territory, operates as the postsecondary equivalent of the NWAC.

==History==
The organization traces its history to 1917 when the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools was formed. In 1974 the association changed its name to the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. In 2000 it became the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and Universities, which disbanded and split into two separate organizations in 2004, with the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools handling the accreditation of schools and the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities handling the accreditation of institutions of higher education.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.boisestate.edu/naas/history.shtml |title=History of the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422115150/http://www.boisestate.edu/naas/history.shtml |archivedate=April 22, 2007 )) and [http://www.nwccu.org/About/History/NWCCU%20History.htm Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities History] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819031731/http://www.nwccu.org/About/History/NWCCU%20History.htm |date=August 19, 2010 )), accessed February 5, 2007.</ref>

In 2005 the organization's practice of accrediting schools outside its primary service region attracted controversy after it accredited [[Academy at Ivy Ridge|a school]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] that was found to be issuing [[high school diploma]]s without the necessary state authorizations that were supposed to be prerequisites for accreditation.<ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600129539/Boise-accreditation-firm-questioned.html Boise Accreditation Firm Questioned] by Ami Joi Bryson, ''Deseret Morning News'', April 27, 2005.</ref> Northwest Association officials explained that it had accredited schools located outside its primary service region because they were operated by [[World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools|an organization]] based in the region.<ref>Chris Garifo, [http://www.nospank.net/n-o33r.htm Ivy Ridge accreditation suspended in state probe], ''Watertown Daily Times'', April 15, 2005.</ref>

In January 2012 the Northwest Accreditation Commission became a division of [[AdvancED]], which was formed by the [[North Central Association]] Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/about-us/10-year-anniversary|title=10-Year Anniversary ((!)) AdvancED|website=www.advanc-ed.org|language=en|access-date=December 1, 2017))</ref>

On December 5, 2011, the NWAC Commission and Board of Trustees voted at the annual meeting to approve new bylaws that officially made NWAC a division of AdvancED. Beginning July 1, 2012, all operations of NWAC are under the governance of AdvancED through its Northwest Regional Office. AdvancED has also a regional office in [[Delhi]], [[India]] by the name of School for e-Education Research and Innovation ([http://www.seriindia.org/ SERI]).<ref>School for e-Education Research and Innovation ([http://www.seriindia.org/ SERI]).</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/ Northwest Accreditation Commission] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710185729/http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/ |date=July 10, 2009 ))

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