A year-by-year institutional record separating standards development, controlled edition dates, program introductions and program effective dates from current-news publication.
Program history records when a pathway was introduced or announced and separately records when its standard first became effective. News remains a publication-date newsroom; this page is the institutional chronology.
Established governance authority, standards-development responsibility, review independence and traceable decision controls.
Published: Jun 10, 2014 · Approved: Jun 20, 2014 · Effective: Jul 1, 2014 · Superseded: Oct 31, 2014
View controlled archive metadata →Added defined scope boundaries, requirement-to-evidence mapping and controls for public accreditation claims.
Published: Oct 10, 2014 · Approved: Oct 20, 2014 · Effective: Nov 1, 2014 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2015
View controlled archive metadata →No new current program code is assigned to this year. The year's standards work strengthened controls later reused by program-specific standards.
Strengthened controlled-document ownership, effective dates, revision control, reviewer independence and records.
Published: Jan 12, 2015 · Approved: Jan 20, 2015 · Effective: Feb 1, 2015 · Superseded: Jul 31, 2015
View controlled archive metadata →Separated complaint, appeal and reconsideration routes and added material-change and post-award monitoring controls.
Published: Jul 10, 2015 · Approved: Jul 20, 2015 · Effective: Aug 1, 2015 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2016
View controlled archive metadata →No new current program code is assigned to this year. The year's standards work strengthened controls later reused by program-specific standards.
Introduced the professional certification accreditation pathway and certification-system requirements.
Published: Jan 10, 2016 · Approved: Jan 20, 2016 · Effective: Feb 1, 2016 · Superseded: May 31, 2016
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded eligibility, accommodations, appeals, verification, recertification and continuing-competence controls.
Published: May 10, 2016 · Approved: May 20, 2016 · Effective: Jun 1, 2016 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2016
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened examination security, supplier oversight, incident management and corrective action.
Published: Sep 10, 2016 · Approved: Sep 20, 2016 · Effective: Oct 1, 2016 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2017
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created for organizations that make consequential decisions about individual occupational or professional competence; this requires a credentialing and examination governance model distinct from education accreditation.
Current program page →Introduced provider-level continuing education and professional-learning accreditation.
Published: Jan 10, 2017 · Approved: Jan 20, 2017 · Effective: Feb 1, 2017 · Superseded: May 31, 2017
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded needs assessment, faculty qualification, conflicts and delivery-system controls.
Published: May 10, 2017 · Approved: May 20, 2017 · Effective: Jun 1, 2017 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2017
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened learner assessment, completion decisions, records, evaluation and continuous improvement.
Published: Sep 10, 2017 · Approved: Sep 20, 2017 · Effective: Oct 1, 2017 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2018
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created to accredit a repeatable provider-level continuing-education system rather than a certification credential or a single course.
Current program page →Introduced accreditation for one named course or defined educational program.
Published: Jan 10, 2018 · Approved: Jan 20, 2018 · Effective: Feb 1, 2018 · Superseded: May 31, 2018
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded content versioning, accessibility, accommodations and delivery-mode controls.
Published: May 10, 2018 · Approved: May 20, 2018 · Effective: Jun 1, 2018 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2018
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened assessment alignment, completion decisions, outcome monitoring and corrective action.
Published: Sep 10, 2018 · Approved: Sep 20, 2018 · Effective: Oct 1, 2018 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2019
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created for one named course or defined educational program when provider-wide accreditation would be broader than the intended scope.
Current program page →Introduced specialty accreditation for high-stakes assessment integrity systems and services.
Published: Jan 10, 2019 · Approved: Jan 20, 2019 · Effective: Feb 1, 2019 · Superseded: May 31, 2019
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded identity, authorization, secure administration and delivery controls.
Published: May 10, 2019 · Approved: May 20, 2019 · Effective: Jun 1, 2019 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2019
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened score integrity, forensic monitoring, incident evidence and corrective action.
Published: Sep 10, 2019 · Approved: Sep 20, 2019 · Effective: Oct 1, 2019 · Superseded: Mar 31, 2020
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created because the integrity of a consequential assessment system can be evaluated independently from the organization that owns a credential or educational program.
Current program page →Introduced remote-examination administration controls during the COVID-19 shift to remote testing.
Published: Mar 20, 2020 · Approved: Mar 30, 2020 · Effective: Apr 1, 2020 · Superseded: Jun 30, 2020
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded notice, recording, room-scan, screen-capture, access and retention controls.
Published: Jun 10, 2020 · Approved: Jun 20, 2020 · Effective: Jul 1, 2020 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2020
View controlled archive metadata →Clarified accommodations, interruptions, rescheduling, continuity and evidence preservation.
Published: Sep 10, 2020 · Approved: Sep 20, 2020 · Effective: Oct 1, 2020 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2021
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created to evaluate remote identity, proctoring, technology, privacy, accommodations, continuity and session evidence separately from examination content and psychometric validity.
Current program page →Introduced medication-use safety systems accreditation and safety-event learning controls.
Published: Jan 10, 2021 · Approved: Jan 20, 2021 · Effective: Feb 1, 2021 · Superseded: May 31, 2021
View controlled archive metadata →Introduced workforce qualification, competency and authorization-to-practice system accreditation.
Published: May 10, 2021 · Approved: May 20, 2021 · Effective: Jun 1, 2021 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2021
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened monitoring, escalation, competency maintenance, supplier and corrective-action controls.
Published: Sep 10, 2021 · Approved: Sep 20, 2021 · Effective: Oct 1, 2021 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2022
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created for medication-use safety systems whose risk controls, event learning, competency and corrective action require a system-safety model rather than an education or credentialing model.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created for organizational systems that verify qualifications, assess competence and authorize workers to practice independently; it does not certify individual workers.
Current program page →Introduced specialty accreditation for clinical and professional education quality systems.
Published: Jan 10, 2022 · Approved: Jan 20, 2022 · Effective: Feb 1, 2022 · Superseded: May 31, 2022
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded outcome measurement, reproducibility, source-data and audit-trail controls.
Published: May 10, 2022 · Approved: May 20, 2022 · Effective: Jun 1, 2022 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2022
View controlled archive metadata →Strengthened site, supplier, threshold and focused corrective-action requirements.
Published: Sep 10, 2022 · Approved: Sep 20, 2022 · Effective: Oct 1, 2022 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2023
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created for clinical and professional education systems where competence, performance, quality or safety outcomes require more specialized controls than a generic provider or course scope.
Current program page →Introduced explicit governance for consequential AI use in assessment operations.
Published: Jan 10, 2023 · Approved: Jan 20, 2023 · Effective: Feb 1, 2023 · Superseded: May 31, 2023
View controlled archive metadata →Expanded human review, subgroup evidence, challenge rights and automated-flag disposition.
Published: May 10, 2023 · Approved: May 20, 2023 · Effective: Jun 1, 2023 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2023
View controlled archive metadata →Added model, prompt, vendor and configuration change controls with revalidation triggers.
Published: Sep 10, 2023 · Approved: Sep 20, 2023 · Effective: Oct 1, 2023 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2024
View controlled archive metadata →No new current program code is assigned to this year. The year's standards work strengthened controls later reused by program-specific standards.
Extended AI assurance across design, validation, deployment, monitoring and retirement.
Published: Jan 10, 2024 · Approved: Jan 20, 2024 · Effective: Feb 1, 2024 · Superseded: May 31, 2024
View controlled archive metadata →Added drift indicators, revalidation thresholds and stronger human accountability.
Published: May 10, 2024 · Approved: May 20, 2024 · Effective: Jun 1, 2024 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2024
View controlled archive metadata →Introduced AIG accreditation and expanded privacy, security and supplier assurance controls.
Published: Sep 3, 2024 · Approved: Sep 16, 2024 · Effective: Oct 1, 2024 · Superseded: Jan 31, 2025
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created when consequential AI governance matured into an organization-level assurance problem spanning inventory, intended use, data, validation, human oversight, privacy, security, suppliers, monitoring and retirement.
Current program page →Introduced ABC accreditation and HSAI-AI as a controlled assessment add-on.
Published: Jan 10, 2025 · Approved: Jan 20, 2025 · Effective: Feb 1, 2025 · Superseded: Jun 30, 2025
View controlled archive metadata →Introduced APS and ALTP Certified System offerings for named technology platforms.
Published: Jun 2, 2025 · Approved: Jun 16, 2025 · Effective: Jul 1, 2025 · Superseded: Sep 30, 2025
View controlled archive metadata →Introduced ALT and WCA-TEL and harmonized supplements and scope modules with base accreditations.
Published: Sep 2, 2025 · Approved: Sep 15, 2025 · Effective: Oct 1, 2025 · Superseded: Aug 18, 2026
View controlled archive metadata →Why this pathway exists: Created to distinguish assessment-based learning credentials, micro-credentials and digital badges from professional certification of occupational competence.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created as a controlled HSAI add-on for AI-assisted item development, scoring support, proctoring flags and other AI-influenced assessment functions without turning the supplement into a separate organizational accreditation.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created to certify a named AI learning or tutor platform, distinct from the provider supplement that evaluates how an education provider governs the platform in use.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created to certify a named AI-enabled proctoring or assessment technology system itself, separating technology-system assurance from accreditation of the certification or assessment organization using it.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created as a supplement to EDP, COURSE or CEQ when an accredited education scope uses learner-facing AI, preserving accountability for the provider’s implementation rather than certifying the external platform.
Current program page →Why this pathway exists: Created as a WCA scope module for telehealth-specific workforce competency, jurisdiction, remote supervision, communication, technology-failure and documentation controls without creating a blanket telehealth-organization accreditation.
Current program page →Published: Aug 12, 2026 · Approved/adopted: Aug 18, 2026 · Effective: Aug 19, 2026 · Superseded: —
Edition 2026.1 consolidates the present standards architecture and the current 16-code portfolio.
Why this pathway exists: Created for structured workplace learning in which observed performance contributes to completion or competency decisions; it bridges formal education and workforce assurance without accrediting the employer as a whole.
Current program page →Tell us what you certify or teach. We’ll confirm fit and scope in writing — no fee, no obligation.
