The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is an association of evangelical Protestant Christian schools in the United States. Look up Evangelical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... A Christian school is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. ...

Purposes

ACSI states that it "strives to enable and equip Christian educators and schools worldwide to effectively educate children and young people with the mind of Christ." The principles it supports include a belief that Scripture is the revealed Word of God and should be taught as truth. For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Christ is the English term for the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ... Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain written texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. ...

Services that the group offers its members include accreditation services for primary and secondary schools, teacher certification, and access to student assessment tools, including the Stanford Achievement Test. ASCI sponsored development of a Bible Assessment Subtest component for the Stanford Achievement Test. Accreditation is a process by which a facilitys services and operations are examined by a third-party accrediting agency to determine if applicable standards are met. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... The Stanford Achievement Test is used to measure academic knowledge of elementary and secondary school students in the United States. ...

Because ACSI does not accredit colleges or universities, it is not recognized as an accreditor of higher education institutions by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the United States Department of Education. However, the organization does allow institutions of higher learning to be "member" schools, which should not be confused with accreditation. ACSI's primary school and secondary school accreditation programs are officially recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA). [1]. The United States Department of Education does not recognize or certify agencies for the accreditation of primary and secondary schools, including regional accrediting agencies. College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Accreditation is a certification of the academic quality of an institution of higher learning. ... Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities, which also recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from... Regional accreditation is a term used in the United States to refer to the process by which one of six accrediting bodies, each serving an area of the country, accredits schools, colleges, and universities. ...

History

The ACSI was founded in 1978 through the merger of three associations: The National Christian School Education Association; The Ohio Association of Christian Schools; and the Western Association of Christian Schools. Soon after the new association formed, several other Christian school associations joined ACSI: The Southeast Association of Christian Schools; the Association of Teachers of Christian Schools (Midwest); the Great Plains Association of Christian Schools; and the Texas Association of Christian Schools.

ACSI was first headquartered in La Habra, California, the former office of the California Association of Christian Schools. ACSI moved to its larger headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1994. Today, in addition to the headquarters facility ACSI has eighteen regional offices worldwide. Currently ACSI serves over 5,300 member schools in approximately 100 countries with an enrollment of nearly 1.2 million students. Programs and services are designed to assist Christian schools at every grade level including early education and higher education. ACSI is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization governed by a thirty-member Executive Board elected by member schools. La Habra is a city located in the northwestern corner of Orange County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that History of Colorado Springs, Colorado be merged into this article or section. ...

Lawsuit

In spring 2006 the Association of Christian Schools International sued the University of California system alleging it violated the constitutional rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate preparation for college. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of six children who had not been rejected from the university. In August 2006, the case Association of Christian Schools International v. Roman Stearns was allowed to proceed against the university while lawsuits against individual school officials were thrown out.[2] The National Center for Science Education noted, "One of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs is Wendell Bird, a former staff attorney for the Institute for Creation Research. As a special assistant attorney general for Louisiana, he defended the state's "equal time" law, which was ruled to be unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard. He is the author of The Origin of Species Revisited, which compares evolution and a version of creationism he called "abrupt appearance."[3] The National Center for Science Education works in collaboration with National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association, which consider creationism and intelligent design to be pseudoscience.^[1] Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... The NCSEs logo The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ... The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a research institute based in Santee, California[2] that focuses on constructing and teaching a Young Earth Creationist world view. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Holding Teaching creationism in public schools is unconstitutional because it attempts to advance a particular religion. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity or deities (typically God), whose existence is presupposed. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) is an American-based scholarly society which states it empowers educators to provide the best possible biology and life science education for all students. ... The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. ... Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity or deities (typically God), whose existence is presupposed. ... For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). ... Phrenology is regarded today as a classic example of pseudoscience. ...

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California described the case as follows, in its opinion rejecting University of California’s motion to dismiss many of the Plaintiffs’ claims (August 8, 2006):

[Plaintiff school] avers that it submitted applications for approval of courses to qualify under the science (d), college preparatory elective (g), history/social science (a), and English (b) categories, as described above. In each instance, Defendants allegedly rejected [Plaintiff’s ] application for approval... Defendants allegedly have stated generally that biology and physics courses relying on science textbooks containing a Christian viewpoint... would not be approved to meet the lab science requirement.

Athletics

Tree of Life Christian Schools, one of the many accredited schools, is home to Ross "The Blur" Kissner, the fastest student in ACSI. Tree of Life Christian Schools is a private school system located in and near Columbus, Ohio. ...

References

1. ^ See: 1) List of scientific societies rejecting intelligent design 2) Kitzmiller v. Dover page 83. The Discovery Institute's Dissent From Darwin Petition has been signed by about 500 scientists. The AAAS, the largest association of scientists in the U.S., has 120,000 members, and firmly rejects ID.

Over 70 scientific societies, institutions and other professional groups have issued statements supporting evolution education and opposing intelligent design. ...

External links

• Official website
• National Council for Private School Accreditation- NCPSA was established in 1993 to support the development of a national entity that would serve as an accrediting association of private school accrediting agencies.