Three leading national organizations—National Skills Coalition, Education Strategy Group, and Education Quality Outcomes Standards Board—have mapped their quality assurance frameworks to the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) to improve the transparency of the quality and value of credentials. Until today, credential quality frameworks, definitions, and measures of quality for credentials and outcomes have not been
Month: May 2021
New Policy Brief: Making Information About Credentials More Actionable Through Increased Transparency and Quality Assurance
State policymakers are prioritizing high-quality, demand-driven career pathways to postsecondary credentials that lead to in-demand, high-wage jobs. The country’s economic recovery requires it and places a premium on knowledge and skills that meet industry needs. But to do it well, states need systems that reliably identify programs that actually help learners earn those credentials, attain
DEAC and Credential Engine Bring Transparency to Quality in Distance Education
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Webinar: Publishing to the Credential Registry
Join Credential Engine as we kick off our new webinar series on Wednesday, May 26th! The goal of these webinars is to make your journey towards credential transparency as easy and efficient as possible. These webinars will address common processes and questions by introducing useful practices and examples. In our inaugural webinar “Publishing to the
C2-Health Connects People with credentialing, training opportunities, and jobs Fighting COVID-19
C2-Health web app is a free service for people to identify how their skills match COVID-19 related jobs. Currently, the app focuses on four jobs that have a low barrier to entry in terms of training and applicable foundational skills Contact Tracer Contact Tracer Manager COVID Compliance Officer Public Health Call Center Representative. C2-Health users
New Podcast Episode Featuring Credential Engine
Scott Cheney, CEO of Credential Engine, was interviewed for “The Power of Career Connected Learning” podcast hosted by Hans Meeder, President and Founder of the National Center for College and Career Transitions (NC3T). The engaging conversation explores how people can make sense of a credential landscape that has nearly 1,000,000 different credentials and is placing
Services for Publishing Transfer Values: Scaling Up
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Services for Publishing Transfer Values: Getting Started
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Credential Engine is a Proud Supporter of CTE Without Limits
A recent report from Advance CTE titled Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education (CTE Without Limits) puts forth a bold vision for a cohesive, flexible, and responsive career preparation ecosystem that will close equity gaps in educational outcomes and workforce readiness, and leverage CTE as a catalyst for ensuring each
California Nonprofit Teams Up to Promote “Credential Currency Marketplace” That Links Education, Training and Employment in U.S.
MONTEREY, Calif., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/—The National Laboratory for Education Transformation (NLET), a California research and development nonprofit, just released The Newest Economy: Welcome to the Credential Currency Revolution, a paper that unravels the complex relationship in the U.S. between academic degree attainment and occupational certification and their relationship to the current needs of the employment market.