Addressing the Outcomes Data Gap for Workforce Credentials
We deliver actionable insights into credential, employment, and wage outcomes — helping credential issuers, policymakers, and funders make evidence-based decisions that drive impact.
Our Purpose
Education is at an inflection point. Eighty million Americans hold a non-degree credential — but outcomes remain unclear, fragmented, and hard to track.
CredLens’ mission is to empower the non-degree credential ecosystem with the verified data and actionable insights that enable credential issuers to understand and improve their offerings, learners to choose valuable programs; employers to find qualified talent; and states, policymakers, and funders to invest wisely.
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CredLens was founded in 2024 as the first nonprofit national data trust for non-degree credentials. We securely link credential records to employment, wage, and education outcomes.
We’re not just collecting data. CredLens is building the essential infrastructure for a transparent and high-functioning credential ecosystem that empowers all stakeholders.
The CredLens National Data Trust is committed to strict ethical guidelines, robust privacy protections, and transparent governance. We ensure that data is accessible, reliable, and secure for stakeholders including employers, certification bodies, policymakers, and funders.
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A national data trust is a secure, governed framework for collecting and managing data on behalf of a group or community, with a focus on national or large-scale public interest data.
Its core purpose is to act as a neutral steward of this information, enhancing transparency, fostering innovation, and supporting the public good.
The CredLens National Data Trust ensures:
- Enterprise-grade security: Protecting your data with first-in-class security protocols and infrastructure.
- Comprehensive data governance and transparency: Assuring transparent, ethical, and accountable data management policies.
- Authorized access with strict privacy protections: Guaranteeing data accessibility to authorized users only, with strict privacy safeguards in place.
- Insights grounded in verified, longitudinal data: Providing reliable, long-term data for accurate analysis of career pathways and outcomes.
Our Values
At CredLens, our values are the foundation of how we work — with each other and across the ecosystem — to strengthen the education-to-employment system and enable learners to make informed economic and career decisions about their future.
Integrity, Transparency,
& Reliability
Trust is fundamental to us and everything we do — ourselves, our products, our services. You can rely on us for complete transparency and the safety and security of your data.
Success Through Empowerment
We measure success by the positive outcomes we create for our users and across the ecosystem, knowing that their success is our success.
Guidance
& Service
We meet our partners where they are, empowering individuals and organizations to make informed decisions, delivering service excellence that leads to enduring positive outcomes.
Innovation
with Purpose
We continually seek innovative approaches to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of credential data, driving progress and positive change.
Let’s Build a More Valuable Credential Ecosystem
CredLens helps credential issuers, policymakers, employers, and funders use verified data to make decisions that change lives.
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