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Credentials Matter analyzes how the credentials that students earn align with real-world employer demand. The project includes a website and a series of reports informed by extensive collection and analysis of supply, demand, and alignment data of industry-recognized credentials in several states. The initiative’s findings and recommendations help stakeholders better understand and evaluate credentials’ value in the job market.
In 2020, the project updated the website and published a new report to present and analyze credential attainment data from across the nation. CredentialsMatter.org offers:
Recommendations from the project include:
ExcelinEd, Burning Glass Technologies, Carnegie Corporation of New York
About This Project - Credentials Matter
CREDENTIALS MATTER INSIGHTS - Credentials Matter: COVID-19 Case-Study (2020)
CREDENTIALS MATTER INSIGHTS - A National Landscape of High School Student Credential Attainment Compared to Workforce Demand (2019)
CREDENTIALS MATTER INSIGHTS - Where Credentials Meet the Market (2019)
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