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**[|A Beka Book]** is a [|publisher] affiliated with [|Pensacola Christian College] (PCC) that produces K-12 [|curriculum] materials that are used by [|fundamentalist Christian] [|[1]][|[2]][|[3]]  schools and [|homeschooling] families around the world. It is named after Rebekah Horton, wife of college president [|Arlin Horton]. By the 1980s, A Beka Book and [|BJU Press] (formerly [|Bob Jones University] Press) were the two major publishers of Christian-based educational materials in America. [|[4]] A Beka Book's video academy program (A Beka Academy) and the Traditional Parent-Directed program are accredited by the following organizations: first by the Florida Association of [|Christian Colleges] and Schools (FACCS) which provides national recognition through the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA). Secondly, by the state of Florida through the Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools (FAANS). Thirdly, A Beka Academy is recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI) — a division of AdvancED — and one of only six agencies that accredit both public and nonpublic educational institutions. Programs of study accredited by SACS CASI, such as A Beka Academy, are part of an international educational network, the members of which have demonstrated success in educating students. Furthermore, SACS CASI accreditation is recognized internationally. [|[5]]

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beka_Book [|A Beka Book]