Individual schools and/or districts have policies recognizing micro-credentials earned by educators.

Policies supporting micro-credential are in place at a state-wide level through legislation or the State’s Department of Education. States without policies feature district implementation examples instead.

The state or the state department of education has endorsed the use of micro-credentials or has facilitated a relationship between a third party organization offering credentialing and other institutions (i.e.higher education) within the state. This may include piloting micro-credentials, creating a committee to evaluate the use, partnering with an organization to develop or distribute micro-credentials, or having a formal discussion on the functionality of it.

Micro-credentials have a presence in Higher Education as part of the curriculum or are available to educators for credit.