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The Council For Professional Recognition

The Council for Professional Recognition is a nonpartisan organization that advances career pathways for early childhood educators through competency-based credentialing.

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Headquarters
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesSource: RevenueBaseRetrieved October 13, 2026
Employee range
51 to 200Source: RevenueBaseRetrieved October 13, 2026
Founded
1985Source: RevenueBaseRetrieved October 13, 2026
Published list appearances
4 supported appearances ↗Source: RevenueBase lists
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What does The Council For Professional Recognition do?

The Council sets assessment policies and procedures and administers the Child Development Associate® (CDA) National Credentialing Program. The Council publishes CDA Competency Standards books, an Essentials for Working with Young Children textbook, and other materials for assessment, education and program development.

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Who it serves

The CDA® program is designed for early childhood education professionals.

What the business offers

Services & capabilities.

Early childhood credentialing

The CDA® program assesses and credentials early childhood education professionals.

Source: LinkedIn company description · Retrieved October 13, 2026

Educational and assessment materials

The Council publishes CDA Competency Standards books, the Essentials for Working with Young Children textbook, and other materials used for assessment, education and program development.

Source: LinkedIn company description · Retrieved October 13, 2026

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RevenueBase prepared this profile from the company’s public LinkedIn information and RevenueBase company data. These source records were retrieved on October 13, 2026. AI helped summarize these sources, with a separate automated check against the source text completed on November 4, 2026. Directory positions use company-contact counts from separate saved list snapshots dated September 18, 2026. How the company lists are built.

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