Accreditation is an official recognition that a school is credible–that is, that the school maintains educational standards well enough that other accredited schools will recognize the professed level of education claimed by its students and faculty. The goal of the accreditation system is to ensure that education provided by schools meets acceptable levels of quality. The accreditation system was developed to maintain a level playing field of quality education, so that students could switch schools as seamlessly as possible, and so that educational and industrial organizations would recognize the level of education indicated on a transcript as an indication of real value.