What to look for when selecting a credential evaluation service?

Here are several factors that make ACEI’s credential evaluation service superior and unmatched:

1. Accountability

We include a comprehensive bibliography of references used in determining the educational equivalence recommended demonstrating our conformance to standards and guidelines. 

 
2. Accuracy

All ACEI evaluations are reviewed and processed by 3 senior evaluators with 10 plus years of experience in the field of credential evaluations.

3. Delivery

ACEI is a paperless service and issues official evaluations through a secure electronic method to the third-party recipient.

4. Detailed

We provide detailed background information about the credential being evaluated, such as verifying the status of the institution attended, entrance criteria, program duration and access.

5. Digital

ACEI will keep all new digital files and completed credential evaluations on our electronic database indefinitely. Your file will not expire!

6. e-Docs

Keep your original academic documents safe. You do not need to mail original documents to ACEI. We have an online process and application form. Request for your institution/exam body to issue your documents directly to ACEI (acei@acei-global.org) or use one of the online platforms listed under “Electronic Documents” to assist with obtaining/issuing documents directly. Also, under “Verification” through Qualification Check for copies. (See “Services” tab for all requirements).

7. Experience

ACEI has been serving internationally educated individuals with the evaluation of their educational and professional credentials for U.S. educational equivalence since 1994.

Contributions: ACEI leadership and senior evaluators continue to contribute to the international credential evaluation field through their research, publications and serving on advisory councils such as:

• the International Education Standards Council that oversees EDGE (Electronic Database on Global Education) of AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)

• USQF (United States Qualifications Framework)

8. Integrity
Certification and Endorsement: ACEI is an Endorsed Member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), a non-profit professional association that screens and vets private credential evaluation services and ensures that not only each one satisfies the highest standards of professional conduct and ethics in day-to-day operations but also assures the public that evaluation standards are consistent and accurate with outcomes that embrace specific sets of guidelines.

Commitment to Excellence: ACEI is a signatory on the Groningen Declaration Framework that supports academic and digital credential mobility so that citizens worldwide are able to consult and share their authentic educational data autonomously, with the expectation of fair recognition.

9. Timely
Our evaluations are prepared as fast as one to seven business days, depending on your needs.

10. Trusted

Serving institutions and organizations throughout the US: ACEI’s credential evaluation reports are accepted by thousands of U.S. schools, colleges, universities, as well as state boards engaged in licensing professionals, employers, and U.S. federal agencies, such as USCIS (United States Customs and Immigration Services).