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The National
Association of Private Schools is an independent educational
agency founded for the purpose of recognizing educational
excellence in the private, non-traditional educational
environment. Schools that maintain traditional educational
values and high educational standards will find a home here.
Private Schools due to size, philosophical commitment or
educational methodology are often unwilling or unable to apply
for secular accreditation. Accreditation should reflect a
school's trustworthiness in the process of providing a quality
educational program. In most cases, state accreditation measures
a school based on size of facility, state certified teachers, on
site schools, number of books in the library, and a certain
number of students in the school. Because of this, Private
Schools concerned about mastery of basic academic skills and
character development especially, if based on Biblical
principles, must seek accreditation from agencies not associated
with the regional or state
accreditation programs such as the National Association of
Private Schools.
Schools accredited by the National Association of Private
Schools have demonstrated a history of providing their students
with a quality educational program. Schools accredited by
N.A.P.S. seek to meet or exceed state and national traditional
educational guidelines in their pre-school through high school
educational programs. The National Association of Private
Schools offers accreditation to schools that are concerned about
both the mastery of basic academic skills and the character
development of each child in their school.
The National Association of Private Schools is an independent,
third party accreditation agency nonaffiliated with any state,
secular or regional accrediting agencies. Students who graduate
from NAPS accredited schools, providing they have the proper
academic credentials, testing and transcripts have entered: (1)
Colleges and Universities, including Community, Regional,
Private and State colleges and Technical Schools, (2) Military
Services, (3) Church and Educational Ministries, (4) Business
Ownership and the Work Place. The main advantage that state
accreditation provides is the transfer of a students work from a
state accredited school to another state accredited school.
Transfers back to State Accredited Schools:
If a student chooses to re-enter a state accredited public
school from a school accredited by the National Association of
Private Schools, the receiving public school may choose to test
the student to determine if he/she should be placed in the
desired grade level or if certain credits may be transferred;
whether the child is in grade school or high school. Although
the vast majority of Public Schools are cooperative concerning
transferring credits from Private Schools accredited by the
National Association of Private Schools, they are not required
by law to automatically accept credits from any school.
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