Credential Engine Project

The Workforce Board received a $50,000 grant from Credential Engine to publish as many as 3,800 Washington credentials this year from the agency’s nationally recognized Career Bridge website to Credential Engine, helping populate a national credential registry.

Washington is among the first states to populate a growing registry of degrees, certificates, licenses, apprenticeships, and other credentials, helping demystify the credential marketplace. Building long‐term buy-in among schools & colleges will grow this number in the coming years.

What is the credential registry?

The Credential Registry is a cloud-based library that collects, maintains, and connects information on all types of credentials, from diplomas to apprenticeships and from licenses to PhDs. The Registry, operated by Credential Engine, holds detailed information on all types of credentials in an easily-accessible format.

Career Bridge puts Washington in the lead

Helping Washingtonians understand the value of additional education is central to the Workforce Board’s mission to help more residents achieve family-wage careers. One way the Board does this is through its nationally recognized Career Bridge website. The site features 6,500 education programs–from single-day programs to one-year certificates, registered apprenticeships, associate’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees, and some master’s degrees.

This project builds on this substantial collection of credentials, by encouraging schools to also publish their information to the national registry. This will help build the national registry and provide schools with national exposure. This project will also leverage enhanced technology that allows for ready updates between the Career Bridge and Credential Engine sites.