Credential Engine
The non-profit Credential Engine works to empower learners through credential transparency, developing a centralized Credential Registry to house credential data, a common language to enable credential comparability, and a platform for customized applications to search and retrieve credential information. Use the beta search tool Credential Finder to search Registry data.
Key Features
- Develops and maintains the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) and CTDL-ASN which provide the common language and “rules of the road” for how credentials, credentialing organizations, quality assurance information, and competencies are described both in the Registry and on the Web.
- Scales and maintains the Credential Registry that collects, connects, and maintains up-to-date credential data.
- Guides future development and use of the Registry through stakeholder advisory groups representing the higher education, business, certification and licensure, quality assurance, and technical communities.
- Provides search engine applications such as:
- Credential Finder – a prototype search application to demonstrate all the information that could be pulled from the Registry and show how it could be presented and organized
- Develops and maintains the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) and CTDL-ASN which provide the common language and “rules of the road” for how credentials, credentialing organizations, quality assurance information, and competencies are described both in the Registry and on the Web.
- Customizable applications that can be built or used through the Open Applications Marketplace to utilize the Registryʼs data to access tailored credential information.
What They're Saying
Key Tips for Implementation
- Getting Started Guide: https://credentialengine.org/2018/12/11/getting-started-on-the-credential-registry/
Case Study
State Case Study: Indiana
Credential Engine is currently working with nine states and one metro region that have committed to credential transparency across their states and regions. State partners are using the Credential Registry as a tool to help them reach statewide goals around postsecondary educational attainment, career pathways, economic development, and more.
Through the Commission for Higher Education, Indiana was the first state scale up initiative, where they first focused on publishing information about healthcare credentials, with a focus on the connection to military training and highlighting Governor Holcomb’s Next Level Indiana initiative to demonstrate which credentials are related to high-priority industries. Indiana is now in the second phase of its project, where it is working with all public institutions to publish data about all credentials to the Registry.
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