How ARTS uses its Standards and Criteria for Excellence ARTS-COA created the ARTS Standards and Criteria for Excellence which integrate the COA standards with a listing of typical documentation and suggested evaluative questions and criteria. In developing this...
Our ongoing list of ARTS education and training resources Since we have many education and training resources at ARTS I decided to create this page to collect these resources in one place. This page will be updated as needed. Resources for the Annual Reports. Between...
Annual Meeting News and Events. At the ARTS-COA Annual Meeting, October 5-6, 2023, the following official actions were taken: Official Actions – Congratulations to Metro Atlanta Seminary, Metro Baltimore Seminary and Grace Bible Theological Seminary. In official...
Metro Atlanta Seminary re-accredited for 10 years. The COA voted on September 7th to approve a letter of Commendation and Continuance to Metro Atlanta Seminary. The accreditation period will be good for 10 years. Thad James, chair of the site-visit committee,...
Standard 6.4 and Course Evaluations. How to "evaluate" the tools you use to evaluate student learning. ARTS Standard 6-4 asks the question, how are you evaluating the instruments which you are using to assess student learning? One of the most common responses is that...
A New/Old approach to Seminary Education The longer I am in this position as Executive Director, the more I realize the importance of what our ARTS schools are accomplishing. The following is written by Esaú Bonilla. Esaú, is a Pastor in Costa Rica and student in a...
Since there is some confusion as to the difference between qualitative and quantitative data in assessing student learning, I thought I would ask an expert: Chat GTP. Full disclosure, everything below comes from what the AI told me. Actually, I think Chat GPT did a...
ARTS requires schools to provide an annual assessment plan highlighting student learning outcomes. This can sound like a daunting task, but it’s actually common sense. Let me break this down into 7 simple steps. Who is responsible? The first thing your...
This posting talks about what is required of a member school after they receive a site-visit report. First some background. Our Policies and Procedures (and other documents) address specific processes and timeframes for the site visits. While the process...
Introducing a new channel for news and information. Welcome to the brand new ARTS Blog. In this space you will see announcements of ARTS activities, discussion about accreditation standards and other information that will be helpful to our member seminaries and to the...