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I Ammons 0...... DEPARTMENTOF THEINTEr BUREAUOFEDUCATiON - 11* A BULLETIN,1928, No;26 .0" a ACCRENTEDSECONDARYSCHOOLS a THE UNITEDa STATES . , , e/ .7 , - 6 PREPARED IN THE DIVISION'OFSTATISTICS FRANKM. :* PAIRSr , CHiEF . 4 11 t ep OP A I. s 1%. ,.. wr . 40 4 a f .10 v. e 4 . Jw .4. ,., - * mi 4i e.- ILINITEDSTATES A GOVERNMENTPRibffINGOFFICE V.! WAiHINGTON:1929 . 141. t t. - . , t - i. P Mg. 4. %. 4 =a -a P -5 e a z 4 e. ./ ADDITIONALCOPIES 44 OF THIN PUBLICATIONMAT REPROCURED FROM TR EM1PERINTENDENT OFIXNU M ENT8 e U.B.GOVIMNMIIINTPRINTING OFFICE r: WASHINGTON, D.C. AT 20 CEITS PERCOPY e ONI ç. 49 I 0 g f. e 41. 0 -4 4 e 4 s .4 I) SP Ir f. N4i fit O . I e I. .1 161, r v *,!714, r I 4:4;;i1 [2 ta....4,121; . I .1r-2. - .` 1 . 459226 411` PUG 23 1938 %AbRa L , (e sr. Ti71).-8* 2:29 ),-74°Zt. ilex+ Pow"' 79_ .. 46, die e CON'tENTS 8 44 a a % L. Letteroftransmittal Page , i v Accreditedsecondaryischooldefined , _, 2 Unitdefined...-' _ Variatio'nsinrequirements pf . ,ii 2 accreditingagencies__ _ 3 Methodscifaccrediting , . Divisions'of 4 the bulletin , 1 Part 7 I.Statelists .. Part 4,. ___ 8 11.Listsofschoolsaccreditedby variousassociations . Commission 110 of the. ,Association of Collegsand. SecondarySclioolsof theSouthern Stales Association 110 . of CollegesandSecondary Schoolsof theMiddleStates , . I and Marylind .. a 117 NewEnglandCòllege Entrance.CeetificateBoard _ 121 .NorthCentralAssociation , of Collegesand SecondarySchools, 127 NorthwestAssociationof Secondaryand Higher 9 Schools_ ___ _ ., 141 p. 1zu a "" 4 a. is a A r. V, s ttk) V .LETTEROFTRANSMITTAL ci . \ 1 .: DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR, r \ . BUREAUOF EDUCATION,\ : . -1 i , . Washington,D. C:,Odober SIR: S 26,, 118. ondaryetlucittioncontinues cti fit grow and expa4d.'The number dfligh-Ischbolg : aduatesincrea ts\3fromyar toy ar,Iknd ,-.,_ h'epercetitageof \ tAese aduateswho4to higherinstitu on's\is 1 . ktili tileincrease.;Iti' imperativetht\alistothosesecodaiY._ -74 , , 11(r1s ti*.t: doastaidarduantityandqalityof ork beacceible .. -I t(siudeniswhoWish . ito dose, . cq,pdary sCh ol\work a4nd , to those'sti-* tifytns.tdwhomsecoAda\schoolgrad.tesapp y for \ admissAlp.\ 1 hkvorkIofipspectingan afappr9vingthosesecimdaryschoolsjs\ donIftyakentsof Statedeartents of edça0on, by \ of State loepresent4tive \ universities,and b¡Tcertainregion-)kcrediting ; Uponfive associationsA previousoccasions thitHureauoEdAationhas in bulletinformlists of published '. air secondarkschoolsaprovedby.theseagencies. Any revisedlist isaccurate and completeohlyat thetime itiscom- piledbecausenewhighschoolsare beingorganizedat tlerafe oftAsio each day,aridthe workof ` approvingtheseschoolsIsnever finished. a .Our=last compilationwas made in1925.The Education' Commissionerof thereforeaskedDr.FrankM.Phillips,Chief sionof of theDivi- Statistics,.to directthepreparationofa recommendthat new bulltin.I it, bepublishedas a bulletin oftheBureauof gauça- . tion. aldertheusual title of"AccreditedSecondarySchools United .. in the Stateg' ) Respectfullysubmitted.. 4 0 L.A.KALBACH, I. ActirigCommissioftr: The SEp.RETARYOFTHE INTERIOR. a s- 11 IP [1_ h 4 a 4, . ACC EDITEDSEC,iN)ARYSCIMOLS , , 6 IN-THE 1 t 10111W0111111111011MtIlikunlidittlIFI . UN 0--, .. .STATES 1 , . , . % , , , -,6 \ TheAmer . nhigh,schoocontinues grow, but thereis evidence thaj, therate rpwthhaseen-lowingupfor the past fourorfive't yeair.'-In19 he public 01- \ ighchoolc¡osolle'df)45,061*pupia.t4e privittehigh . 4i ,117,401prOparator)dep4rtti3entsof coil 66,042;andsecWoary eii.t 4eprt'mentsofte4her-traininginstitutions, 890imaking t \1;;111,393ipall..in1926, 'theseenrollments were fs4t 357,466; 295,625';55,632; land23,402,resp tively,withatotál òf "t 4,12,14,These'.figure'sdo i notinclude*orhighschool *pupils beiothetraditionalfirst yoar of theregularilugh-sclioolwork.The 1q26 enrollmentsare from21,700publichigfisch9ols, 2;500private high 'schools,386preparatc...departments of college'g,and125 k secondary departmentsofteacher-trainingschgols._ Manyof the newhighschoolsAre juniorschools.The organizationgenerally junior takesoneor two of theupper Oadesof the elementaryschool,and one ormore of theearly high years:band unites thkriintoa singlegiboupwitha course of study*thatmakes changefromthe'elementary the workto secondarywork lessabrupt. Duringthepast 25years the numberof junior increased highschoolshas 'fromlèssthanadoiento 1,109with1,949 other halvingjunior schools departments.Morethan1,000,000-pupils 7ft in these junior areenrolled *highschool4.and injunior-departmentsof junior- seniorhigh who'ois of whichnumber676,064arebelowthe first tegularhigh-schoolyear. Inrecent years almost50Rer cent of thehigh-schoor aitendcollege graduates or some otherinstitutionof:learningafter A lar¡emajority gradugion.- of theseenteran.institutionthatstipulates tionfromanaeoredited graduti- scho91as one of theentrancerequirements. Thisbulletin,similar inarrangement,content,and designto those publishedin1913,1915, 1916,1922,and1925, isintendedtomekthe niaedsnot-onlyof suChstudents,butof ofPcers control -chargedwiththe ofsecondaryschoolsandhigherinstitutions, examining and,State andcertifyingboa.rdsaswell. a o 4 \ 1 * 44 - - - ti 2 ACCREDItEDSECONDARY SCHOOLS I ACCREDITED SECONDARYSeHOOLDEFINED "An crc4itedsecondary school,"asthe tennis used in t.his biii- letinis aschoolwhich is equippedtoprepare,students for colleges' requring 15 units for unconditioned fainission 'sandwhich has been invesatedorapproved fortthispurposebyoneof the Tollowing agencies: .AJtate officer ofeducation,auniversityorcollege inspector orCommitit&onadmissions, amofficerorcommittee ofanaccrediting asso6ation. - In the majority of theschools in Georgia, Louisiana,Maryland, NorthCa'roljna,South Carolina, Texas, andVirginia, and inafew cities in otherStateFI, highrschoolcourses arebasedupon se,ven years ofelementary training.In all other places these15 units represent secondary work abovetho standard eight-gradeelementary school course.Asa.general rule. the'curriculum ofanacctedited school represents four yeats of 36or moreweeks each)at least three teachers give their whole timeto high-schol work,' and the school keepsup an adequate library andlaboratory equipment. a UNIT DEFINED The followingauthoritative definition ofthe word "unit" has been' made by, thenational conferencecommitteeonstandards of colleges and secondaryschools, whichwasformerly composed of repre;enta- O fives of theNational Association ofState Universities, the New Englanil CollegeEntrance Certificate Aoard,the College Entran0 ExaminationBoard, the Associationcif Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle StittesandMfiryland,the Association of Col- leges'andSecondary Schoolsof the Southern States,the New England Association of Collegesand Secondary Schools,the Assoriation of American'Colleges,the Associationof Urban Univeisities, theCar- negie Foundationfor the Advancementof Teaching, andthe) United States Commissionerof Education: 0 A unitrepresentsayepr's study Inanysubject inasecondary school,cos- slituting approximatelya quarterofafull year's work. This statementis designed to affordastandard of measurement frir theworkiT done in secon'dary schools.It takes (1)Ttie4-year high-schoolcourse asabasis andassumesthat (2) The length oftheschoolyearisrom.36 to 40weeks;* that (3) A period is from 40to 60/minutes in length; an0that . (4) The studyispursuedfour . orfiveperiwigaweek; /. butunder'ordinarycircumstancesasatisfactory year's workinanysubjectcao \ not be accomplished inless than 120 sixty-Minute hours,ortheir equivalent Schools organizedon anyother thana 4-vearbasiscan,nevertheless, estimate their work internìf this unit. I Exceptionsare certain schools in the lists of Georgia, Karim',Kentucky, Montana, and Nebragka which do not conform inevery particular to ttie definition hutare approved by the State officials.Alp cz see table on university admission requirement& ; INTRODUCTION 3 41, A 4-ye4r secondary-schoolcurriculum shouldberegarshdas representing uot morethan 16 units of work. VARIATIONS INREQUIREMENTSOFACCREDITINGAGENCIES .. The nuiliber of.subjectsrecognized bythe ivariousaccrediting bodies and institutionsasforminganactceptiblepart of the coiltige preparatorycoursevaries greatly.;for example,the Universityof Illinois has 'the following reqIirementsf6radnuissionto the general liberal-artscourse:Englishcompositign andliterature,3 'units; .algebra, 1 unit; planegeometry, 1 unit; foreignlanguages,2 units; generalelectivt:s,4 units; ails} specialelectives,4 units, makinga total of 15 units.The generalelectives includeWorn 1 to 4 units in' Latin, Greek,French,German, andSpanish; from1 to 3 units in Italian; andanadditionaluììjt inEnglish.One unit isallbwed ' in trigonometry,3''unit in solidgeometry, and Mto 1unit'in ad- !vanced algebra.One unit isallowed in Greekand Romanhistory, Iin medieval and modern history,3. to 1 in English history,%to1 in Americanhistory,3 to 1 in civics, and Mto 1 in economics and economichistory., Oneto 2 unitsareallowed inchemistry and the same iu_ physics, and3 to 1 in each of thefollowing sciences:Com- mercial geography,physiography, physiorogy,zoology, andbotany. The specialelectives includeastronomy,'IA unit; geojogy;lAsto 1 unit; agriculture, 1 to 3 units; bookkeeping,Iunit; businesslaw, 1,¡ unit; commercialarithmetic, Munit; domesticscience-,Ito3 units; art drawing, 3/to Iunit; mechanicaldrawing,3 to I unit; mtuualtraining-or farmmechanics,1 to 2 f . units;'otherforeign litn- guages,1 to 2 units; generalscience, ,¡to I unit; music,1tá2 units; shorthandand typewritingwhen