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Lexi Anderson; Ben Erwin; Zeke Perez Jr. – Education Commission of the States, 2023
There are nearly 1 million credentials in the United States that students and workers can take advantage of, but how information about these credentials is collected and communicated is oftentimes inconsistent and hard to access. In February, we invited a group of postsecondary and workforce development experts to consider how policymakers can…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development
Walsh, Matthew; O'Kane, Layla; Noronha, Gilberto; Taska, Bledi – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2019
States should graduate students from high school prepared for the challenges they will face in college and their careers. Many states are working toward this goal by improving the quality of career and technical education (CTE) programs, and have looked to industry-recognized credentials as one component of this improvement. However, there is…
Descriptors: Credentials, High School Students, Career Readiness, Vocational Education
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2017
The Certification Data Exchange Project (CDEP) was launched in 2012 to provide a model for sharing industry-recognized credential attainment data. Increasingly, employers and education leaders are recognizing the value of industry credentials to verify the knowledge, skills and abilities that students bring to the workforce. As states take steps…
Descriptors: Industry, Outcomes of Education, Labor Force Development, Certification