Reporting Forms for Independent Schools

The Commission on Independent Schools requires that you submit a Two-Year Progress Report due on the date noted in the letter received by the school following Commission action on the evaluation visit. Schools will be emailed a reminder letter with form attached prior to the report due date. Please email your report and supporting documents to: CISreports@neasc.org

The Commission on Independent Schools requires that you submit a Five-Year Progress Report due on the date noted in the letter received by the school following Commission action on your Two-Year Report. Schools will be emailed a reminder letter with form attached prior to the report due date. Please email your report and supporting documents to: CISreports@neasc.org

The Commission has observed the significant (and increasing) numbers of international students enrolling in member day schools. The interest of international students in attending our schools presents great opportunities, but it also calls on the Commission to consider its responsibilities in the context of accreditation. The Commission must maintain its standards to assure the well-being of those students and the continual institutional integrity of our schools. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security relies on NEASC accreditation when approving schools to receive international students.

Schools are asked to include homestay students when providing enrollment figures on each year's Annual Report.

In addition, the Commission will request a Report on Standard 8: Homestay Program from schools that enroll any homestay students. Homestay students are those students (usually international) who live with someone unrelated to them, as with a host family in the local area. Upon receipt of the report, CIS staff will determine whether a visit to the school is warranted to supplement and clarify the information provided.

Report forms and instructions for filing a Report on Standard 8: Homestay Program are below. Please submit an electronic copy of your report to: cisreports@neasc.org

A school will submit a Report for Merged Schools when two or more schools merge.

Please report a school merger by sending us a letter or reporting it on your Annual Report in the fall. You may also contact a member of the CIS staff for more information, including specific due dates.

If a report for merged schools has been requested, please submit an electronic copy of the completed report to cisreports@neasc.org. Upon receipt of the report, CIS staff will determine whether a visit to the school is warranted to supplement and clarify the information provided.

Report forms and instructions for filing a Report for Merged Schools are below:

Examples of substantive changes include adopting a new mission, purpose, or admitting different students (e.g., changing from a traditional school to a therapeutic school), adding a division (e.g., early childhood* for three and four-year-olds, elementary school, middle school, high school, post-graduate), adding a residential or homestay program, adding or removing enrollment of a sex (e.g., single-sex to coed), adding a new local campus that will serve current students, and changing ownership for a proprietary school. The merging of two or more schools is also a substantive change but is addressed under the Merged School Policy.

*For NEASC purposes of accreditation, Early Childhood is defined as three-year and four-year old children. NEASC does not accredit Early Childhood Programs that serve children under the age of three. However, if schools enroll children younger than three-years-old, they must provide documentation attesting that those programs meet health and safety regulations/guidelines as required by the state.

Please report substantive changes by sending us a letter or reporting it on your Annual Report in the fall.  You may also contact a member of the CIS staff for more information, including specific due dates.

If a substantive change report has been requested from your school, please submit an electronic copy of the completed report to cisreports@neasc.org. Upon receipt of the report, CIS staff will determine whether a visit to the school is warranted to supplement and clarify the information provided.

Report forms and instructions for filing a Substantive Change Report are below: