Foreign Education

Dawn M.
Pinnock Barbara Dannenberg

Commissioner Deputy Commissioner
Human Capital
Human Capital - Bureau of Examinations

The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building
One Centre Street, New York, NY 10007
Automated Telephone: (212) 669-1357
Foreign Education Evaluation Guide

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What You Need To Know:
• In order to receive credit in the examination for your foreign education, you must have your
foreign education evaluated by one of the approved services listed in the Approved
Foreign Education Evaluation Services section that begins on Page 3.
• Refer to the Notice of Examination to find out whether you need a "document-by-document"
evaluation (general) or a "course-by-course" evaluation (which includes a "document-by-
document" evaluation) of your foreign education.
• The cost of evaluating your foreign education is paid by the applicant.
• Your evaluation must be received no later than 8 weeks from the date specified on the Notice
of Examination. If your evaluation is not received by this time, your foreign education will not
be rated and you may be found “not qualified”. An extension of this time limit is available if the
evaluation service submits an acceptable reason in writing for the delay.
• All acceptable foreign education evaluations submitted by the evaluation service directly to the
New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will be retained in a
permanent file for future reference.
However, if a document-by-document evaluation is on file with DCAS and you are now
applying for an examination that requires a course-by-course evaluation to meet the education
qualification, you will need to have an evaluatiuon service send DCAS a course-by-course
evaluation to update your evaluation retained on file.
• If you are having a foreign education evaluation sent to DCAS for the first time and you are
applying for multiple exams in the same month, the evaluation service that you use only needs
to send DCAS one foreign education evaluation (document-by-document or course-by-
course).
As a reminder, a course-by-course evaluation includes a document-by-document

evaluation.
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• Photocopies of foreign education evaluations received from candidates will not be accepted
and may be returned or discarded.
• Only foreign education evaluations submitted directly to DCAS by an approved evaluation

service on letterhead that may include a raised seal or an original stamp on the evaluation will
be accepted.
• If you previously had a foreign education evaluation done by one of the approved evaluation
services listed for another purpose, DCAS will accept your foreign education evaluation
provided that it is stamped “certified duplicate original” and received directly from that
evaluation service.
Additional Information:
In order to obtain an official confirmation that DCAS has received your foreign education evaluation
from the evaluation service that you selected, we recommend that you have a stamped, self-
addressed postcard included by the service when your evaluation is sent to DCAS. We will return the
postcard to you to acknowledge that your foreign education evaluation has been received. Due to the
number of foreign education evaluations received, a delay may occur in confirming the receipt
of your evaluation by telephone, email, or in-person inquiries.
Have the evaluation service include:
• Your full name and 9-digit social security number on the evaluation; and
• The Exam Title and Exam Number of the examination you are applying for on the envelope
• A stamped, self-addressed postcard for DCAS to return to you as confirmation of receipt of
your foreign education; if you prefer to select this option
Have the evaluation service mail your completed original evaluation to:
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Administration, Customer, and Exam Support
1 Centre Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10007
ATTN: (Exam Title), (Exam Number)
The next page lists the approved evaluation services that you may use to evaluate
your foreign education. Your foreign education evaluation must be submitted by an
approved evaluation service directly to DCAS to be accepted.
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Approved Foreign Education Evaluation Services
The evaluation services that you may use to evaluate your foreign education are listed below in
alphabetical order within the following two categories: Within New York State and Outside of New
York State. You may contact any of the evaluation services to determine which one is right for you.
Within New York State:
There are 4 approved evaluation services within New York State.
1. Center for Educational Research & Evaluation (CERE)

140-30 Beech Avenue, Suite #1R
Flushing, Queens, NY 11355
Phone: (718) 445-2790
Fax: (718) 879-5871
E-mail: MJafry8@aol.com
Web: www.degreeevaluation.com
2. Globe Language Services, Inc.

305 Broadway, Suite 401
New York, NY 10007
Phone: (212) 227-1994
Fax: (212) 693-1489
E-mail: info@globelanguage.com
Web: www.globelanguage.com
3. Institute of Foreign Credential Services

12 Cedar Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone: (914) 693-2840
Fax: (914) 231-7782
E-mail: info@ifcsevals.com
Web: www.ifcsevals.com
4. Span Tran: The Evaluation Company

450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1107
New York, NY 10123
Phone: (646) 475‐2570
Fax: (713) 789‐6022
E‐mail: status@spantran.com
Web: www.spantran.com
The next page lists the approved evaluation services outside of New York State that
you may use to evaluate your foreign education.
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Outside of New York State
There are 10 approved evaluation services outside of New York State.
1. Center for Applied Research, Evaluation & Education, Inc.

International Evaluation Service
P.O. Box 18358
Anaheim, CA 92817
Phone: (714) 237-9272; 237-9276
Fax: (714) 237-9279
E-mail: evalcaree@yahoo.com
Web: www.iescaree.com
2. Education International, Inc.

29 Denton Road
Wellesley, MA 02482
Phone: (781) 235-7425
Fax: (781) 235-6831
E-mail: edint@gis.net
Web: www.educationinternational.org
3. Evaluation Service, Inc.

333 W. North Avenue #284
Chicago, IL. 60610
Phone: (847) 477-8569
Fax: (312) 587-3068
E-mail: info@evaluationservice.net
Web: www.evaluationservice.net
4. Educational Perspectives, NFP.

P.O. Box 618056
Chicago, IL 60661-8056
Phone: (312) 421-9300
Fax: (312) 421-9353
Email: info@edperspective.org
Web: www.edperspective.org
5. Educational Records Evaluation Service, Inc.

601 University Avenue, Suite 127
Sacramento, CA 95825-6738
Phone: (916) 921-0790
Fax: (916) 921-0793
E-mail: edu@eres.com
Web: www.eres.com
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6. Foreign Academic Credentials Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 400
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
Phone: (618) 656-5291
Fax: (618) 656-5292
E-mail: facs@aol.com
Web: www.facsusa.com
7. Foundation for International Services, Inc.

505 Fifth Avenue South
Suite 101
Edmonds, WA 98201
Phone: (425) 248-2255
Fax: (425) 248-2262
E-mail: info@fis-web.com
Web: www.fis-web.com
8. International Consultants of Delaware, Inc.

3600 Market Street, Suite 450
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
Phone: (215) 387-6950 Ext 603
Fax: (215) 349-0026
E-mail: icd@icdeval.com
Web: icdeval.com
9. International Education Research Foundation (IERF)

PO Box 3665
Culver City, CA 90231-3665
Phone: (310) 258-9451
Fax: (310) 342-7086
Email: info@ierf.org
Web: www.ierf.org
10. Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. International Education Consultants

7101 S.W. 102nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
Phone: (305) 273-1616
Fax: (305) 273-1338
E-mail: info@jsilny.com
Web: www.jsilny.com
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Dawn M.

Pinnock Barbara Dannenberg

Human Capital - Bureau of Examinations

Foreign Education Evaluation Guide

What You Need To Know:

• The cost of evaluating your foreign education is paid by the applicant.

As a reminder, a course-by-course evaluation includes a document-by-document

• Only foreign education evaluations submitted directly to DCAS by an approved evaluation

Have the evaluation service include:

NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Within New York State:

There are 4 approved evaluation services within New York State.

1. Center for Educational Research & Evaluation (CERE)

2. Globe Language Services, Inc.

3. Institute of Foreign Credential Services

4. Span Tran: The Evaluation Company

There are 10 approved evaluation services outside of New York State.

1. Center for Applied Research, Evaluation & Education, Inc.

2. Education International, Inc.

3. Evaluation Service, Inc.

4. Educational Perspectives, NFP.

5. Educational Records Evaluation Service, Inc.

7. Foundation for International Services, Inc.

8. International Consultants of Delaware, Inc.

9. International Education Research Foundation (IERF)

10. Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. International Education Consultants

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