Roadmap to Credential Transparency for States
State leaders can make progress toward credential transparency in a number of ways:
Understand the Value:
- Learn how credential transparency can benefit students, workers, employers, educators, policymakers, and others
Make the Case:
- Communicate clear use cases to benefit students, workers, employers, educators, programs, and key policy goals
- Commit to using a common language and identify what data about credentials and competencies are necessary to be transparent and publicly available
Align with Existing Education and Workforce Data Commitments:
- Ensure this work is integrated with, complements, and strengthens quality, attainment, equity, access, affordability, and P-20W data efforts to ensure continuity and impact
Catalog and Publish the Credentials Offered and Sought at Local, State, and Federal Scale:
- Inventory all credentials in your jurisdiction
- Publish all credentials and their competencies to the Credential Registry and the Open Web in CTDL and CTDL-ASN
Turn these Data into Actionable Information:
- Link and align credential data with other essential data
- Support the creation of user-end tools, services, and systems with robust navigation and guidance capabilities
Build Enduring Commitment:
- Ensure sustainability of credential transparency through legislative, agency, and institution policies that continuously improve credential transparency for the benefits of its citizens and markets
- Establish the necessary infrastructure for enduring data transparency
Explore the map below to see how states are approaching the work, and use the Toolkit to take action in your state.
