The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) was founded in 1954 to accredit teacher certification programmes at U.S. colleges and universities. It currently accredits 623 programmes. It is recognised by the U.S. Department of Education as an accrediting institution. NCATE should not be confused with regional accreditation. 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. ...
As a result of action taken by the NCATE Executive Board in October of 1999, an addendum has been included with the State of Utah's Partnership Protocol, to reflect actions to be taken by NCATE and the state when a change in "State Status" occurs for a teacher education unit.
The NCATE president will notify the unit that the state has informed NCATE of a change in their state status and require the unit to submit a special report within 90 days.
NCATE will remove the "Change of State Status" notation from its list of accredited units on the NCATE website and all other published lists of accredited units and communicate the revised status to its state partners.