Dated CHSPS announcements and explanatory articles on standards, accreditation, governance and assurance methods. News explains the published record; it does not replace the current controlled record.
The newsroom is not the standards registry, institutional chronology or public accreditation register. Each channel has a defined job so an explanatory article cannot silently become the source of current legal, technical or accreditation status.
If a dated article and a current controlled record differ because the organization or standards portfolio changed later, the current registry, program-status record or public accreditation record governs the present state.
These are publication-date articles and announcements. Each article should be read in the context of its publication date; live status belongs in the authoritative records linked throughout the newsroom.
A current-state guide to the Edition 2026.1 standards architecture, active program codes and the records that govern present portfolio status.
Read featured articleFor the live portfolio, use Program Status and the Standards Registry rather than relying on a dated article alone.
Open current program status →The four evidence types used in accreditation review, translated from CHSPS technical guidance into plain language for applicants and reviewers.
Read article →A retrospective on pandemic-era remote testing and the governance, identity, privacy, continuity and incident-control lessons reflected in current remote-examination assurance.
Read article →How CHSPS revenue sources are separated from accreditation review and decision authority, and what payment does not buy.
Read article →Why published CHSPS timelines are planning targets rather than claimed historical averages, and how operating targets are separated from measured performance.
Read article →How scope-specific accreditation marks connect to public verification records and why a seal should never be read more broadly than its verified scope.
Read article →How CHSPS records standards comments, Standards Council dispositions and the rationale that closes a controlled public-comment cycle.
Read article →The dated publication notice for Edition 2026.1 and continuous accreditation intake after eligibility and scope confirmation.
Read article →Browse CHSPS news articles published in their respective years from 2014 through 2025. Each article retains its original publication year and historical context.
News is useful for context. These records are the better destination when a board, applicant, candidate, employer, regulator or member of the public needs the current state.
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