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Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), Educator Credentialing and Certification: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
Yes, through the evaluation: OSSE asks for a credential evaluation, and WES, one of the agencies it accepts, takes certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
Credential evaluation: NACES/AICE, college or other-state evaluator
- $24.95 per page
- Usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
How we know · policy checked on October 21, 2026
OSSE, which issues DC teaching credentials, asks educators prepared outside the US for a foreign credential equivalency report from a NACES or AICE member, an accredited four-year college or an evaluator approved by another state, and tells them not to send diplomas, foreign transcripts or any document not printed in English.
WES, a NACES member, accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary. We translate your diploma and transcripts for the evaluator; OSSE reads only the English report, which the agency prepares.
OSSE at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
OSSE accepts equivalency reports from NACES or AICE members (foreign prepared educators), and WES, a NACES member, accepts a translation by a professional translator or certified translation agency (WES translation rules), so a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets the evaluation agency's rule. Policy checked on October 21, 2026.
- Translation
- Through the evaluation; no OSSE rule
- Who may translate
- Set by the agency; WES: professional translator
- Credential evaluation
- NACES/AICE, college or other-state evaluator
- Price
- $24.95 per pageUp to 250 words, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on October 21, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on OSSE's own page before you submit.
Worth knowing about OSSE
Nothing in another language
OSSE asks you not to send non-English documents.
Three kinds of evaluator
NACES or AICE, four-year colleges, other states' evaluators.
All pages of the report
Upload the whole evaluation, not a summary page.
OSSE requirements in detail
Translation
OSSE has no translation rule of its own and asks applicants not to send diplomas, foreign transcripts or any document not printed in English (Foreign prepared educators). Translation is for the evaluator.
Who may translate
Evaluation
Studies completed outside the US must be evaluated to show whether they equal a US bachelor's degree or higher (Foreign prepared educators).
Accepted evaluators
Current NACES or AICE members, accredited four-year colleges and universities, and evaluation organizations approved by other state licensing agencies (Foreign prepared educators).
What the report must show
A US equivalency degree summary and a course-by-course list of all coursework with the grade and credit hours for each course (Foreign prepared educators).
What you submit
All pages of the evaluation, an FBI Identity History Summary Check, test scores, and US transcripts or another state's credential where they apply (Foreign prepared educators).
Contact
OSSE lists a separate email contact for international educator credential applicants (Educator credentialing and certification).
OSSE reads English only
OSSE's page for foreign-prepared educators is unusually direct: do not send diplomas, foreign transcripts or any document not printed in English (Foreign prepared educators).
What it wants is the evaluation report, in full, with a degree equivalency summary and a course-by-course list showing grades and credit hours. Your translation therefore goes to the evaluator, not to OSSE.
That makes the evaluator's rule the one to follow. WES, for example, wants an exact, word-for-word translation by a professional translator and does not accept applicants' own (WES).
We translate every page, stamps included, and keep grades and hours exactly as recorded so the evaluator can convert them.
A wider choice of evaluators than most states
OSSE accepts reports from any NACES or AICE member, from accredited four-year colleges and universities, and from organizations that another state's educator licensing agency approves for certification (Foreign prepared educators).
If you already have an evaluation prepared for another state, check whether it shows the degree summary and course-by-course grades and credits OSSE asks for before ordering a new one.
Each evaluator sets its own translation rule. ECE lets you translate yourself or translates under an $85 waiver (ECE); IEE refuses translations by the client or a notary public (IEE). Ask the agency before you order the translation.
Need a certified translation for OSSE?
$24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents applicants usually translate
- University diploma or degree certificate, for the evaluator
- University transcripts and mark sheets, all years
- Teacher preparation and student teaching records
- Teaching certificate from the other country, if the evaluator asks for it
What an eVerbary translation includes
- A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
- Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
- A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
- $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
- Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.
Submitting the translation to OSSE
The translation goes to the evaluator with your documents, under its instructions; WES takes uploads in your WES account (WES). OSSE does not want the translation or the foreign documents themselves (Foreign prepared educators).
You submit all pages of the evaluation report with your application in ECIS, OSSE's online credentialing system (Foreign prepared educators, credentialing).
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service or a licensing agency: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, we cannot send documents on behalf of the school or authority that issued them, and we do not file the license application.
For OSSE that means we translate your records for the evaluator; the equivalency report and OSSE's credentialing decision are outside what we do.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.
Frequently asked questions
Should I send OSSE my translated diploma and transcripts?
No. OSSE asks you not to send diplomas, foreign transcripts or documents not printed in English; it wants the evaluation report (Foreign prepared educators).
Which evaluation agencies does OSSE accept?
NACES or AICE members, accredited four-year colleges and universities, and evaluators approved by other state licensing agencies (Foreign prepared educators).
Who may translate my documents for the evaluator?
The evaluator decides. WES wants a professional translator (WES: translation requirements); a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets that.
What must the evaluation show?
A US degree equivalency summary and every course with grade and credit hours (Foreign prepared educators).
Sources
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), Educator Credentialing and Certification's own pages, read on October 21, 2026.
Translating documents for OSSE?
Upload a scan of your diploma, transcript or license and see the price and delivery time before you pay.