Policy Brief - March 2021 - Creating Equitable Futures for All Learners Through

The work spearheaded by Credential Engine and our partners—including nearly one half the states to date, hundreds of education and training providers, and influential policy, workforce, data advocacy, and education organizations—is making the marketplace less confusing and more transparent. [...] The rationale behind credential transparency is simple: The easier it is to access and use open, comprehensive, and comparable information about credentials and competencies, the easier it is for people to succeed. [...] For example: • The National Skills Coalition has a Roadmap for Racial Equity that explores barriers to equitabWle whorakfotr?ce training and employment, and the racial and ethnic disparities in education attainment and access. [...] Under the leadership of the Office of the Governor of Alabama, the Alabama Supercomputer Authority and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) are using the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) to set up the hardware and software infrastructure for collecting, organizing, and aligning credential program data with workforce needs in Alabama. [...] Systemic Inequity: Policies, practices, and norms that intentionally or otherwise serve to create and perpetuate differential access to opportunity and supports—including education, health, employment, wealth, housing, and general opportunity—serving to disadvantage Black, Indigenous, and people of color.