Welcome to the Credential Engine resource page for the 2024 National Council for Workforce Education. Below are links to resources that will help explain Credential Engine, our technologies, the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), and the Credential Registry.

About Credential Engine

Credential Engine is a non-profit on a mission to map the credential landscape with consistent information and fuel the creation of resources that empower individuals to find the best pathways.

Tap Into Data on Industry-Recognized Credentials

Any credential provider can publish to the Credential Registry to make information about their credential (such as duration, cost, competencies, etc.) available as linked open data for anyone to use. Partners can also build collections of credentials that show what has been approved (such as a state list of industry-recognized credentials or programs offered by eligible training providers) or credentials that meet your criteria for funding or quality.

Other Important Information to Support Learner Pathways

Credential Engine is partnering with the American Council on Education (ACE) to bring transparency to credit for prior learning. Learn about this project and help communicate the value of this work. 

Credential Engine has added a Credential Registry Pathway Builder tool with our publishing system tool kit. The Pathway Builder offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface that allows you to visually construct your pathway.

To support the identification and publishing of key data to aid the navigation of equitable pathways, transfer, and the recognition of learning, Credential Engine convened a broad coalition of equity-focused thought leaders, called the Equity Advisory Council. The data about credentials, providers, programs, quality, outcomes, pathways and support services that must be made available as linked, open, transparent data in order to support equity, and to help students, workers, and others make their most informed decisions.

Learning and Employment Records (LERs) provide interoperable, portable credentials that document people’s skills, educational experiences, and work histories. LERs document learning and experience wherever they occur, including in the workplace, through education and training, community activities, or military contexts. CTDL makes LERs meaningful and valuable.

Get in Touch

Our team of experts is ready to help you embark your credential transparency journey. Whether you have questions about our technologies, services, or don’t know how to get started, we’re here to assist.

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