2021-04-28T18:39:19-04:00 2020-12-31 990 2020-01-01 391369113 EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATORS INC % Margit A Schatzman EDUC 4146045265 101 W PLEASANT ST STE 200 Milwaukee WI 532123963 Margit Schatzman President 2021-04-28 false 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Margit A Schatzman 101 W PLEASANT ST STE 200 MILWAUKEE WI 532123963 7536815 false X www.ece.org X 1980 WI To promote the betterment of individuals' lives and society by ensuring that educational qualifications are fairly and accurately recognized across borders. ECE serves persons who have completed part or all of their education outside of the US so that their educational qualifications are properly recognized when they seek employment, professional licensure, further education, or other benefits for which education achievement is a prerequisite. 9 9 104 0 0 0 28632 1081062 8038507 6312565 107265 143188 0 0 8174404 7536815 0 0 0 0 5450563 5621942 0 0 3707 2600624 2252790 8051187 7874732 123217 -337917 3220552 3071375 344064 532804 2876488 2538571 X To promote the betterment of individuals' lives and society by ensuring that educational qualifications are fairly and accurately recognized across borders. ECE serves persons who have completed part or all of their education outside of the US so that their educational qualifications are properly recognized when they seek employment, professional licensure, further education, or other benefits for which education achievement is a prerequisite. false false 6216529 0 6287001 ECE provides evaluation of educational credentials for persons who completed part or all of their education outside of the United States. 32,776 requests for reports were received from clients in 2020. ECE prepares evaluation reports that determine the equivalents of foreign academic work. The evaluation reports are used for further education, professional licensure, employment, and in other situations that require an administrative decision based on academic credentials. Our reports ensure that the education of people around the world is understood and put to good use. Reports facilitated the appropriate admission of students into undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. Our reports helped dentists and pharmacists and other health professionals enter the practice of professions to the benefit of neighbors in their new country. Our evaluations have helped parents obtain jobs so that they can better support their families. Owing to ECE properly assessing the education completed in other countries, our world community benefits from the efforts and energy of those whose education would otherwise have been unrecognized and gone to waste. 3268 0 2196 ECE provides training programs for the staff of colleges, universities and other organizations that require detailed information on foreign educational systems and the methodology and principles of foreign credential evaluation. The training provides knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions on the academic admission, professional licensure and employment of international students and others who have been educated outside of the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic our outreach had to be quite limited in 2020. Approximately 21 people received training through 3 E-Learning sessions. We were unable to conduct our 2-day Essentials training program in 2020. 0 0 23368 13,226 users visited the site in 2020 and 71 users subscribe. Our free website provides information on educational systems around the world for anyone who evaluates foreign educational documents. 756 requests were responded to via our Message Board. We posted 76 news items that give information and verification resources for secondary and higher education around the globe. Additional resources including e-Learning training, our published books, and Sample Documents are available to paying subscribers. ECE conducts research on educational systems worldwide. This research has resulted in publications on foreign educational systems and on special topics including credit and grade conversion, detection of falsified documents, and similar topics. 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This standard describes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and also provides guidance on various related matters such as derecognizing, interest, penalties and disclosures required. Management of the Organization evaluates the uncertain tax positions taken, if any, and consults with outside counsel as deemed necessary. The Organization recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax liabilities in income tax expense. In management's opinion, the Organization has not taken any uncertain tax positions, and accordingly, has not reported a corresponding liability in the financial statements. X false false false false false false false false false Margit Schatzman President 154387 0 0 0 0 0 8474 0 0 0 162861 0 0 0 Part I Line 3 The HR Committee of the ECE Board of Directors reviews the performance of the President and recommends a merit rating and a salary adjustment based on the merit rating. The entire ECE Board of Directors votes on the merit rating and the salary adjustment of the President. This is an annual process and written records of all ECE salary adjustments are maintained. Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Governance and Finance Committee of the ECE Board of Directors reviews the form. The Governance and Finance Committee is responsible for addressing any questions about the contents. Each member of the ECE Board of Directors performs an overview of Form 990 before it is filed. Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members, officers and management review the Conflict of Interest Policy annually. Disclosures are reviewed by the Governance and Finance Committee of the ECE Board of Directors. If any conflicts are determined, the Chairperson of the Governance and Finance Committee reports the conflict to the appropriate Board committee chairperson or the Chairperson of the Board of Directors. The relevant chairperson is responsible for reviewing meeting agendas, identifying any topic that relates to any reported conflicts and ensuring that the Board members with conflicts do not vote on topics of conflict. Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | Name of the Person:, The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:|, The year in which this process was last undertaken:| Margit Scatzman, Annual salary adjustments are based on merit and the performance rating. The President is subject to the same salary grading as all other staff. The President performs a self review based on specific job competencies and submits it to the Board of Directors. The HR Committee of the ECE Board of Directors reviews the performance of the President and recommends a merit rating and a salary adjustment based on the merit rating. The entire ECE Board of Directors votes on the merit rating and the salary adjustment of the President. Written records of all ECE salary adjustments are maintained., 2020| All Other Employees, All salary and hourly positions at ECE, including the President and all management positions, are placed on published salary grades. These grades are determined by a review of the local and national market for similar positions. This work is undertaken by the Senior Director of Human Resources. No ECE employee may be paid a wage or salary above the relevant pay grade. All ECE staff undergo an annual performance review. Each performance review consists of a self review and a supervisor review. The team manager determines a performance rating for each employee. Managers review ratings to ensure equity for the entire staff. Annual salary adjustments are based on merit and the performance rating. Written records of all ECE salary adjustments are maintained., 2020| Part VI, Section C, Line 19 ECE makes its Form 990, governing documents, Conflict of Interest policy and financial statements available to the public. These are available upon request.