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The Role of States in Credential Transparency
This brief offers guidance on how state leaders can work towards credential transparency.
Quality Assurance Bodies Fact Sheet
As new credentials come into the marketplace quality assurance bodies face the challenge of trying to track and evaluate each new credential to keep the public informed.
Certification and Licensure Organizations Fact Sheet
One of the primary challenges that certification and state licensure organizations face is finding successful marketing strategies to not only effectively demonstrate the quality and market value of their program but also to keep their program highly visible to their stakeholders, potential applicants and the public.
Education and Training Expenditures in the U.S. (2021)
New reports find nearly one million credentials and $2 Trillion in yearly education and training expenditures in U.S.
Credential Transparency & P-20W: Aligning Education and Employment Information to Meet State Goals
This brief helps states see the benefits of a connected, open-access data network, and understand how we can all work to better align our data to aid in decision making.
New Report: Badge Count (2020)
IMS Global and Credential Engine have released a report detailing findings on the remarkable growth in the use of Open Badges—the world's leading format for digital badges.
L.A. Credential Data Project
UNITE-LA and Credential Engine began a partnership in 2018 to bring greater transparency to the credential marketplace in the L.A. region by harnessing technology to make information about credentials publicly available.
Making Sense of Credentials: A State Roadmap and Action Guide for Transparency
Our roadmap and action guide for state policymakers outlines steps towards credential transparency.
Credential Engine’s Statement of Capabilities Regarding USDOL’s “Strengthening Community Colleges” Grant
Provisions are now requiring the publishing of data related to credentials and competencies in linked open data schema makes the specific reference “credential transparency description language”—the specification hosted by Credential Engine. Learn how working with CTDL will ensure compliance with USDOL's grant.