Quality Schools International ( QSI ) is a group of non-profit international schools offering education in the English language, in a number of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, South and North America. The first school was founded in 1971. The organization's world headquarters is located in Naxxar , Malta. The organization's founders and co-presidents are Jim Gilson and Duane Root.
11-682: QSI schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA). The chain is a member of CEESA , the Central and Eastern European Schools Association for US Overseas schools. Two schools, QSI Benin and QSI Djibouti, are members of the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA). QSI schools often serve as College Board Advanced Placement and/or SAT testing centers. They participate in
22-508: A legally separate entity. Middle States Commission on Higher Education The Middle States Commission on Higher Education , abbreviated as MSCHE and legally incorporated as the Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education , is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evaluation and accreditation of public and private universities and colleges in
33-600: Is an accreditor in the United States. Historically, it has accredited schools in the Mid-Atlantic states region of the northeastern United States. The peer-based, Philadelphia -based non-profit association was founded in 1887. It is a voluntary organization that performs peer evaluation and regional accreditation of public and private schools (including parochial / religious-owned and independent secular schools ). The association has two commissions,
44-1189: Is an outgrowth of Sanaa International School , founded in Yemen in 1971. The co-founders, Jim Gilson and Duane Root, attended the same university. In 1991, Gilson founded QSI together with Duane Root. The headquarters are in Naxxar , Malta . Previously the head office was in Ljubljana , Slovenia , an arrangement which began in 2003. Before then, the headquarters were in Sanaa , Yemen . As of January 2024, QSI operates 37 schools in 31 countries including an online school, QSI Virtual School. In Europe , QSI operates schools located in Albania , Belarus , Bosnia & Herzegovina , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Kosovo , Malta , Moldova , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Slovakia , and Ukraine . In Asia , QSI operates schools in China , East Timor , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Thailand , Turkmenistan , and Vietnam . In
55-688: The Caucasus , QSI operates schools in Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia . In Africa , QSI operates schools in Benin , Togo , and Djibouti . In the Americas, QSI operates schools in Belize , Guyana , Suriname , and Venezuela . Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , also referred to as the Middle States Association or MSA ,
66-737: The Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools (MSCES) and Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools (MSCSS). The association's higher education commission, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), operates completely independently of the other two commissions. MSCSS also accredits some institutions that offer postsecondary education but only those that do not confer academic degrees or offer technical programs. The two Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (M.S.A.-C.E.S.S.) as of 2021 accredits nearly 2600 public and private schools of elementary and secondary / high schools , along with
77-689: The National Honor Society and the National Junior Honor Society . QSI offers an International Baccalaureate diploma at some of its larger schools. QSI is a partner organization with NWEA and offers the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) computerized adaptive standardized test at all school locations. The United States government U.S. Department of State Office of Overseas Schools provides funding and assistance to QSI schools Quality Schools International
88-692: The U.S. Virgin Islands . The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is recognized by the U.S. Department Education to accredit degree-granting institutions. Its traditional region includes the U.S. states of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Maryland , and Washington, D.C. and the American territories and commonwealths of Puerto Rico , and the U.S. Virgin Islands that wish to participate in Federal "Title IV" student loan programs. The commission conducts business in 48 states;
99-754: The United States and foreign higher education institutions. Its headquarters are in Wilmington, Delaware . Until federal regulations changed in July 2020, it was considered one of the seven regional accreditation organizations dating back 130 years. The commission is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation . It accredits nearly 600 institutions, primarily in Delaware , Washington, D.C. , Maryland , New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania , Puerto Rico , and
110-463: The two exceptions are Montana and North Dakota , two U.S. territories, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands , and Washington, D.C. . It operates in 94 countries. MSCHE grew out of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), an organization established in 1887 to improve education using evaluation and accreditation. MSCHE itself was established in 1919 and was one of three commissions of MSA until 2013 when MSCHE incorporated as
121-428: The various school systems / districts of cities / towns and counties throughout the United States (especially in its originally designated Middle Atlantic states region) and those of American origin in more than 100 other countries around the world. MSA used to accredit colleges and universities through its higher education commission. In 2013, that commission, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education , became
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