Similarities and Differences among Programs

In most schools, some goals are the same, or similar, across various programs and other goals differentiate among the programs.  This allows the school to establish its identity through common goals, and within the school it allows the programs to prepare students for different careers through differentiated goals.  For the purposes of accreditation, reviewers assume that the common school learning goals and the separate goals for each program will be named, defined, operationalized, and assessed.