EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATORS INC

FOREIGN CREDENTIAL EVALUATION: ECE provides evaluation of educational credentials for persons who completed part or all of their education outside of the United States. 48,490 requests for reports were received from clients in 2024. ECE prepares evaluation reports that determine the equivalents of foreign academic work. The evaluation reports are used for further education professional licensure employment and in other situations that require an administrative decision based on academic credentials. Our reports ensure that the education of people around the world is understood and put to good use. Reports facilitated the appropriate admission of students into undergraduate graduate and professional degree programs. Our reports helped dentists and pharmacists and other health professionals enter the practice of professions to the benefit of neighbors in their new country. Our evaluations have helped parents obtain jobs so that they can better support their families. Owing to ECE properly assessing the education completed in other countries our world community benefits from the efforts and energy of those whose education would otherwise have been unrecognized and gone to waste.

ECE CONNECTION AND CONNECTION ADVANTAGE PROGRAM: ECE Connection or The Connection provides free information on educational systems around the world for credential evaluators admissions professionals and anyone who evaluates foreign educational documents. The website features news and blog articles training videos original publications and resources links to external resources and ECE Connection Advantage -- a paid subscription service that offers additional tools and resources. In 2024 The Connection saw 120,000+ page visits by 15,000+ users per Google Analytics. 471 new user accounts were created and on average 359 account users logged in monthly. ECE staff responded to approximately 474 requests for information via the message board and published 108 news and blog articles on evaluation-related topics. 238 resources were created or updated including 5 e-learning video recordings from free webinar sessions conducted throughout the year. For Advantage subscribers 421 samples were added to the collection of 6000+ sample documents. Additionally 5 ECE Education System Charts and Keys and 24 credential equivalency recommendations were published. Finally the Cuba Curricula Project was launched in 2024. A free resource available to all users of The Connection the Project serves as a hub for evaluation professionals to share and view study documents essential to the assessment of Cuban credentials.