About Catholic Education

• Declaration on Christian Education (Gravissimum Educationis) by Pope Paul VI (1965)
• The Catholic School (1977)
• Lay Catholics in Schools: Witness to Faith (1982)
• Pope John Paul II Address to Catholic Leaders, September (1987)
• The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School (1988)
• The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millenium (1997)
• Renewing our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools (USCCB, 2005)
• Pope Benedict XVI Address to Catholic Leaders (2008)
• How We Teach Catholic Education (USCCB)

• Why teach in a private school?

ACRE serves as a tool which allows schools and parishes to assess the effectiveness of their religion programs.  Based on the ACRE results, schools will be able to pinpoint areas of strength and weakness in their religion program and then act to strengthen areas of weakness. 

Diocesan Schools will be administering ACRE between March 7 and 19, 2016.  ACRE is a 60 minute assessment given to students in Grades 5, 8-9, and 11-12.

For more information about NCEA ACRE Assessment and FAQ, please click here.

Click here to access the National Catholic Educational Association website.