Resources

A number of resources exist to help you learn more.

General Information About LERs

• The Alabama Talent Playbook | Alabama Talent Triad

• Credentialing Everything: A Primer on Learning and Employment Records and Digital Wallets | Getting Smart

• Going digital: How learning and employment records shape access to quality education and jobs | Brookings Institution

• Interoperable Learning & Employment Records; The 7 Principles of LERs and a Roadmap to Implementation | Competency-based Education Network

• The Learn & Work Ecosystem Library | Credential as You Go

• The T3 Network Hub | The T3 Innovation Network

On Employment, Workforce and Governance

• Breaking the Paper Ceiling: Skills and Credentials, Not Degrees, Are the Future of Hiring | SHRM

• Colorado Talent Pipeline Report | Colorado Workforce Development Council

• Credentials to Employment: Last Mile Report | Digital Credentials Consortium

• Jobseekers Want Digital Credentials for Skill-Sharing. Are Employers Ready? | Jobs for the Future

• Learning and Employment Record Use Cases | National Governors Association

• Skills-Based Practices: A Journey Map for Employers | Jobs for the Future

• State Opportunity Index: Strengthening the Link Between Education and Opportunity | Strada Education Foundation

• The Words of the Workforce Introduction A Field Guide to the Terms and Ideas Shaping the World of Work | Opportunity@Work, Strada Education Network, National Fund of Workforce Solutions, Talent Rewire, Whiteboard Advisors, WorkingNation, America’s Promise, Cognizant Foundation, Grads of Life, Jobs For the Future, National Skills Coalition, New Profit, and Skillup Coalition

• Upskill America | Aspen Institute

On Learning and Advocacy

• 5 Steps to Unlocking a Skills-Based Future for Everyone | Jobs for the Future

• Building a Skills-Based Talent Marketplace Verifiable Credentials Wallets for Learning and Employment | Jobs for the Future

• Employer Perspectives and Insights from C21U's Research | Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities

• Inclusive Design Principles for Learning and Employment Records: Co-Designing for Equity | Digital Promise

• Incremental Credentialing in Graduate Education | Credential As You Go

• Tear the Paper Ceiling | Opportunity@Work

On Technology, Data Standards, and Solutions

• Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records Action Guide | Credential Engine

• Making Sense of the Key Data Standards for Verifiable LERs | Digital Credentials Consortium

• Skills-Based Hiring and Advancement: LERs, Resumes, and Related Data Standards | The T3 Innovation Network

• What is a Verifiable Credential? | World Wide Web Consortium

• What’s the Key to Building Learning and Employment Records? Interoperability | Jobs for the Future