EQUITY AND EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND BIAS: MAKING CONNECTIONS IN CREDENTIALING

The topics of Equality and Equity relate to concepts of Fairness and Bias in credential program development and evaluation in ways that are not always clear, especially considering for the most part the former two are commonly considered societal issues, and the latter are more technical concepts that live in the credentialing world. I aim[…..]

BIRTH OF A CERTIFICATION EXAM

As a consultant, I work on various projects and when the work is completed, I move on to the next ones, often not being able to see the fruits of my labour, such as improved programs, new program growth and the like. But recently I had the tremendous pleasure of seeing the culminating product of a project I[…..]

CERTIFICATION OR CERTIFICATE? … DON’T CONFUSE THEM

In my previous blog post, I discussed the difference between “Accreditation” and “Certification.” Without repeating, the essence of that post was that an individual cannot be accredited. Individuals, however, can be certified – meaning earning a certification. But what can they be certified for and what do they get a certificate for? One of the[…..]

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION?

As I sit with clients and they speak to me about their “accreditation” needs, I listen intently, because the next part of the conversation tells me a great deal. The vast majority of the time, my clients have “certification” needs, not “accreditation” needs. I now then know I must do some capacity-building with them, sometimes[…..]