Americans need clear and reliable information about their educational options. But they also need to know how to navigate these options. Good data on credential quality and transparency helps them select a path that leads to equitable economic and career success. It’s no mystery why people need better information that is easy to find, reliable, and
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New reports find nearly one million credentials and $2t in yearly education and training expenditures in U.S.
Today, Credential Engine released two reports that offer unprecedented understanding of the credential landscape. The first report, Counting U.S. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials, offers the most accurate and robust estimate of credentials across 16 categories—including both traditional degrees, certificates, certifications, licenses and apprenticeships as well as non-traditional offerings such as badges. The report estimates that
New Report: Badge Count 2020
IMS Global and Credential Engine have released a new report detailing findings on the remarkable growth in the use of Open Badges—the world’s leading format for digital badges. Digital badges are visual indicators of skills and achievements. Open Badges is the world’s leading format for digital badges, adopted by dozens of technology platforms worldwide. Open
Making Sense of Credentials: A State Roadmap and Action Guide for Transparency
We need to ensure that policy creates systems for credentials to be easily accessible, understood, comparable, connected to other critical education and workforce data, and communicated so that they serve everyone. This document is a roadmap and an action guide for state policymakers to help take the inefficiencies out of the labor marketplace and provide
Counting U.S. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials – Sept 2019 Report

Click here to learn more about this report and how you can help build a transparent credential marketplace. Download this Report
Counting U.S. Secondary and Postsecondary Credentials – April 2018 Report

Credential Engine has just released a first-of-its-kind report detailing a confirmed inventory of the number of credentials in the United States. We know that students and workers in the United States have access to a vast number of credentials to obtain, enhance and signal their knowledge, skills, and abilities. There are many types of credentials—from