Become a Micro-Credential Insider

A FREE membership that provides free resources on Micro-Credentials.

What’s included?

The Micro-Credentials Partnership of States has created a Micro-Credentials Quality Assurance Standards, Self-Assessment Rubric and Exemplars. These are tools for educators, school districts, and state leaders to use as they incorporate educator micro-credentials (MCs) into systems of professional learning and licensure. 

  • These standards will ensure that the Micro-credentials you are using or developing are meeting a consistent standard of quality informed by research. 

  • Use this rubric as a tool to assess any micro-credential using the Quality Assurance Standards.

  • These exemplar micro-credentials illustrate how the Quality Assurance Standards and Rubric are used in practice.

What do the Quality Assurance Standards and Rubric mean for states, school districts and developers?

  • States, districts, and developers now have valuable tools to ensure the Micro-credentials being used or developed are meeting a consistent standard of quality informed by research. 

  • The Standards and Rubric provide guidance for the necessary support, both technical and human, to utilize MCs for teacher development and career advancement. 

  • Most importantly, these tools provide a means for the research needed to determine which MCs improve teacher practice and ultimately student learning.  

  • Additionally exemplars are provided to support the use of the rubric and to illustrate how the QAS are reflected in practice. 

Micro-Credential Insider

As an Insider, you gain access to resources and exclusive content on Micro-Credentials.

✓ Quality Assurance Standards
✓ Self Assessment Rubric
✓ Examples of Micro-Credentials in use

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We recognize that the work is not finished, we need states and others to use these resources so the standards and rubric can become a tool to set an education industry standard. One that policy makers and others can use to identify competency based Micro-credentials that do make a difference in teacher practice and ultimately student learning—as that what really matters—the students.

—Bev Perdue,
digiLEARN’s Chair,
former NC Governor

The Micro-Credentials Partnership of States, led by digiLEARN in partnership with RTI International, created the Micro-Credentials Quality Assurance Standards, Self-Assessment Rubric and Exemplars.  

For additional information contact Myra Best myra@digiLEARN.org.