Four Advantages of Certifications as Alternative Credentials
Obtaining new credentials is a common strategy for workers looking to reskill in advance of a career change or re-employment following a layoff. Increasingly, individuals…
Certification Bodies Need Incentives to Collect & Share High-Quality Data
Workcred’s issue briefs on certification pathways, quality assurance, recertification, and policy/operational recommendations focused on different aspects of certifications. One commonality among the publications was that…
The Reality and Potential of Certifications
A new series of reports co-published by Workcred, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy serves as a resource…
Virtual Reality Assessment for Personnel Certification Bodies under ISO/IEC 17024
Virtual Reality (VR) has been applied to different types of training in many industries, from product design to operating equipment and facilities. While the use…
The Importance of Collaboration for Certifications
Workcred has developed a set of case studies that reveal just how powerful collaboration is to certifications. In fact, collaboration among key stakeholders can have…
Are Pandemic-Related Changes Negatively Affecting the Quality of Credentials?
The word “credential” is often used as an umbrella term to describe certificates, diplomas, certifications, licenses, and various other credentials (see Figure 1). For more…
How Are Certifications Supported by Standards?
Standards exist to protect human health, safety, and the environment, as well as to ensure that different products work together. In the U.S. alone, there…
More Than a Digital Transcript: Social and Organizational Implications of LERs
A recent publication in Issues in Science and Technology–co-authored by Workcred’s Isabel Cardenas-Navia and New America’s Shalin Jyotishi–explores Learning and Employment Records (LERs), digital records…
ANAB Credentialing Programs: Enhancing Food Safety Across the United States
As states and jurisdictions begin to lift their COVID-19 restrictions, millions of Americans are enjoying things they did before the pandemic such as traveling, attending…