Educational Credential Evaluators

{{short description|Nonprofitable organization}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = Educational Credential Evaluators

|logo =

|type = Nonprofit

|founded = 1980

|location = United States

|fields = Education

|services = Credential Evaluations

|employees = 50–100

|homepage = {{Official website}}

}}

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE) is a public service nonprofit organization. ECE prepares evaluation reports that identify the United States equivalents of educational qualifications earned in other countries.{{Cite web |last=Intead |title=Recruiting Intelligence {{!}} Intead |url=https://services.intead.com/blog/archive/2014/02 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=services.intead.com |language=en-us}} Founded in 1980 by James S. Frey, the company is based and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ece.org/main/content%3Daboutece%26subsite%3D1%26leftnav%3D7 |title=Educational Credential Evaluators |access-date=2014-09-02 |archive-date=2012-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520023726/https://ece.org/main/content%3DAboutECE%26SubSite%3D1%26LeftNav%3D7 |url-status=dead }}

ECE is a charter member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), an organization incorporated in Delaware in 1987 to establish and maintain professional standards for private credential evaluation services.{{cite web |url=http://www.naces.org/members.htm |title=NACES? Members |website=www.naces.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407202946/http://www.naces.org/members.htm |archive-date=2000-04-07}} According to the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of State, NACES is one of two national credential evaluation associations that have membership guidelines and standards.{{Cite web |title=Evaluating Foreign Credentials |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/125147.htm |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=U.S. Department of State}}

ECE offers support to other professionals within the field of international education and has been associated or involved with the following organizations:{{cite web |url=http://www.nafsa.org/findresources/Default.aspx?id=8856 |title=Resources for International Recruiting {{!}} NAFSA |website=www.nafsa.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325190854/http://www.nafsa.org/findresources/Default.aspx?id=8856 |archive-date=2014-03-25}}

• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
• Asia-Pacific Association of International Education (APAIE)
• Association of Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA)
• Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE)
• European Association for International Education (EAIE)
• International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals (NAGAP)