Connecting Credentials Framework (CFF)
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
Nudge Technology
Apprenticeship Repository – Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database System (RAPIDS) – U.S. Department of Labor
Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
Unified Microcredential Strategy
Validated Skills and Learning
Growth of Digital Tools: Digital Wallets, Skills Passports, and Digital ID Wallets
Career Passport—California
Skills Scoop
Learning and Employment Record Resume Standard (LER-RS)
Linked Claims
LER Toolkit – T3 Innovation Network
Issuer Registry
Project Infuse: Democratizing Access to Digital Credentials – AACRAO
CredCompare – Education Design Lab
EBSCO Information Services
Managing Self-Sovereign Learning and Employment Records through LER.me – EBSCOed
SOLO Network
Experience You – Education Design Lab & T3 Innovation Network
Overview Launched in January 2023 by the Education Design Lab (the Lab) and the T3 Innovation Network, the Experience You initiative explores how new technologies can convert massive amounts of […]
Learning and Employment Record (LER) Holder
Employment Records
Digital Wallet
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, Learning and Employment Records — White House & T3 Innovation Network
Overview On July 17, 2018, President Trump issued Executive Order 13845 which established the National Council for the American Worker (NCAW). This interagency council was charged with drafting a national […]
Southeastern Regional Talent Ecosystem Pilot – AACRAO, Tennessee, Alabama
Overview In September 2024, the Southeastern Regional Talent Ecosystem Pilot launched with the aim to bridge the talent gap and enhance employment opportunities in the Southeastern U.S. Partners include the […]
LER Resource Library – T3 Innovation Network
Overview In August 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s T3 Innovation Network issued a LER Resource Library working in collaboration with experts in learning and employment records. LERs are […]
State of Alabama Workforce Development -Talent Triad
Data Common to Education/Workforce: Student Data, Postsecondary Data, Workforce Data
Data 101 – Data Quality Campaign
Overview In 2023, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) issued Data 101, a briefing book to inform education leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders about key topics related to education and workforce […]
Project Unicorn (Data Interoperability in K-12 Education)
Overview Project Unicorn is a national initiative to improve data interoperability within K-12 education. Coordinated by InnovateEDU (Brooklyn based non-profit organization), the initiative works with a coalition of organizations representing […]
Specialized Library Collection / Sub-Collections
Transfer & Credit Mobility Technology
Center for Skills by C-BEN – Competency-Based Education Network
Overview In April 2024, the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) launched the Center for Skills by C-BEN (CFS x C-BEN). Supported by a $1.5 million grant from Walmart, the Center will […]
Recommended LER Technical and Functional Requirements — Velocity Network Foundation
This document from Velocity Network Foundation, published September 2023, provides technical requirements for effective Learning and Employment Records (LERs). An LER empowers individuals with control over their career records and […]
State Opportunity Index – Strada Education Foundation
Overview In April 2024, Strada Education Foundation published The State Opportunity Index to help state policymakers and higher education institutions assess how well they are leveraging post-high school education — […]
The Manufacturing Readiness Project – SOLID LLC
Overview The Manufacturing Readiness Project launched in 2023 to make it easier for military veterans to find quality civilian careers in manufacturing—and for manufacturers to build a talented workforce. The […]
LER Accelerator
Overview The LER Accelerator was launched in 2024 with support from Walmart. The effort is boosting the adoption of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) in postsecondary education by focusing on […]
Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records Action Guide
Overview The Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records (LER) Action Guide (updated January 2024) offers a structured, step-by-step approach for stakeholders to establish and sustain dependable LER ecosystems. It emphasizes […]
Expand Acceptance of Digital Records and Credentials Initiative
Overview The Scaling Digital Credentials with Community College Systems to Empower Underserved Adult Learners project was a collaborative effort to enhance access to education and employment opportunities for underserved adult […]
Qualifications Frameworks (QFs)
Scaling the Skills-Based Workforce System in Connecticut (CT)
Overview Led by the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy and funded by SkillsFWD, this project is expanding and improving the state’s skills-based hiring ecosystem by leveraging Learning and Employment Records […]
Student Worker Employment for Skills-Based Success – ASU
Overview An Arizona State University project funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative is assisting learners in search of work to secure meaningful student employment using a scalable […]
ColoradoFWD – Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Overview A project of the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC), funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative will leverage learning and employment records (LERs) to address urgent talent […]
Central Ohio Talent Network – SkillsFWD
Overview A project of the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative leverages the SchooLinks college and career readiness platform to match […]
Validated Skills – Accelerate Montana – Montana Credential Registry
Overview Funded by SkillsFWD, Validated Skills is a pilot program of Accelerate Montanta announced in December 2023. The program drives statewide adoption of learning and employment records (LERs) in the […]
Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS)
Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records – ACE
Overview Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records is a yearlong project launched in fall 2023 by the American Council on Education (ACE) with the support […]
LER Ecosystem Map (Learning & Employment Records)
Overview Learning and Employment Records (LERs) are digital records of learning and experience that are linked to and may be controlled by learners and earners. LERS are proposed to include […]
SkillsFWD
Overview SkillsFWD is an initiative to catalyze a more equitable skills-based hiring ecosystem leveraging Learning and Employment Records (LERs). The initiative is managed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors with funding support […]
Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) Standard — 1EdTech Consortium
Overview The 1EdTech Consortium established a Comprehensive Learning Record (CLR) Working Group to collaborate around CLR developments and transition CLR 1.0 to CLR 2.0 (learning and employment records – LER). Major […]
Learning and Employment Records (LERs)
Comprehensive digital records of an individual’s skills, competencies, credentials, and employment history that may be able to show a complete picture of an individual’s education and work experiences. They have […]
C-BEN Report: Interoperable Learning & Employment Records – Where knowledge and skills are transparent, accessible and easily shared
Overview In April 2023, the Competency-based Education Network (C-BEN) issued a report, Interoperable Learning & Employment Records – Where knowledge and skills are transparent, accessible, and easily shared. The report includes […]
Verifications & Recordkeeping
Verifying learning and recording that learning on a portable record is the main way learners communicate their readiness for further education and work. Most job seekers rely on resumés, job […]
Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)
NationSwell
Mapping Learning & Employment Records (LERs)
Overview The Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC), hosted at MIT Open Learning, is partnering with NationSwell (a B Corp dedicated to providing essential support to impact-driven leaders and organizations through a […]
The LER Ecosystem Report & Ecosystem Map
Overview The Smart Report Ecosystem Map was created by iDatafy in 2022 – launched in January 2023 and updated in 2024. iDatafy originally worked with a team of digital credentialing […]
Wellspring Initiative, Phases 1 & 2 — 1EdTech
Overview The Wellspring Initiative from 1EdTech Foundation (Phase 1 in 2020, Phase 2 in 2021) is a multiyear program that seeks to create an open, scalable foundation for a lifelong […]
Walmart Foundation / Walmart
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) & SHRM Foundation
T3 Innovation Network
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
HR Open Standards Consortium
Alternative Credentials
AACRAO Digital Interoperability Initiative
Overview To achieve digital interoperability, institutions require incentives, an effort to reach consensus, technical and other resources, and effective student information systems. Such systems must be able to seamlessly ingest […]
North Dakota Digital Credential Publishing Application – State of North Dakota
Overview North Dakota is the first state to develop a digital credential publishing application for high school transcripts as a verifiable credential. It allows high school graduates to present their […]
LER and Achievement Wallet – Western Governors University & Indiana Achievement Wallet
Overview Western Governors University (WGU) is working to provide a learner-owned Learning and Employment Record (LER) and Achievement Wallet to all students so that they may see the validated skills […]
Experience You: Bring Your Past Forward – LERs
Overview Experience You: Bring Your Past Forward is an initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Education Design Lab, coordinated through the T3 Innovation Network’s LER Network, and […]
C-BEN’s Interoperability Principles Project
Overview States, institutions, employers, and even federal agencies have a new vision, where individuals can seamlessly share their learning and employment data by using Learning and Employment Records (LERs). Driven […]
ASU Pocket
Overview The ASU Pocket project is building Pocket as a digital wallet and portfolio that captures and stores the holistic evidence of learning. It is designed to capture what Arizona […]
Alabama Talent Triad
Overview Alabama’s workforce development system is helping state residents acquire the skills, training, and services needed to pursue in-demand jobs in the state. Alabama is building three open-linked data sets, […]
The Education Blockchain Initiative
Overview The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology contracted with the American Council on Education (ACE) to lead the Education Blockchain Initiative (EBI). EBI launched in February 2020 […]