Case Study: National Head Start Association improves CDA credential access with Articulate Localization and Rise

National Head Start Association improves CDA credential completion to 89% with Articulate

The National Head Start Association (NHSA), an organization supporting early childhood education, needed to improve access to a key professional credential for educators—the Child Development Associate (CDA). Their challenge was to create engaging, flexible, and accessible training that would help teachers efficiently complete the credential, overcoming barriers like portfolio creation and language accessibility. They turned to Articulate for a solution using their Rise authoring tool.

Using Articulate's Rise, NHSA built an interactive 120-hour CDA preparation course with embedded portfolio exercises. The solution significantly improved completion rates, often exceeding 89%, and cut credential completion time by 50%. Furthermore, by implementing Articulate Localization, NHSA dramatically sped up end-to-end translation time, making the course accessible in languages like Spanish quickly and efficiently.

National Head Start Association (nhsa)

Zuly Vazquez

Senior Manager of Online Professional Development at the Academy