Character Education Quality Standards outlines key components of effective character education and allows schools and districts to evaluate their efforts in relation to these criteria. This instrument provides a means for educators, administrators, and community members to reflect on current practices, identify short and long-term objectives, and develop or improve a strategic plan. Character Education Quality Standards is based on CEP's Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education^TM and The Eleven Principles Survey by Tom Lickona and Matthew Davidson. It was originally designed in collaboration with the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character (CAEC) at Boston University and the 1999 National Schools of Character Blue-Ribbon Panel to be used for that purpose. Character Education Quality Standards was revised in 2006.

Acknowledgments

CEP would like to thank its funding partners for making the National Schools of Character awards program possible: the John Templeton Foundation and UAW-GM Center for Human Resources.