Mastery Transcript Consortium

The Mastery Transcript Consortium is an international group of private and public secondary schools working to create a new type of secondary school transcript, referred to as a "Mastery Transcript."[1] As of May 2020, there were 303 member schools.[2] Elements of the Mastery Transcript include competency-based learning and the removal of the Grade Point Average system, including letter grades.[3]

Mastery Transcript Consortium
AbbreviationMTC
FormationMarch 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
TypeNonprofit
PurposeEducational
Membership (2021)
368 schools
Websitemastery.org

History

The Mastery Transcript Consortium was founded on 1 March 2017 by Scott Looney, head of Hawken School in Northeast Ohio.[4][5] In May 2017, the Edward E. Ford Foundation issued a $2 million grant to the Consortium.[6]

In the summer of 2018, Murray High School was the first public school to join the Consortium.[7] In fall 2020, the Washington State Board of Education granted a waiver to Northshore School District, allowing Innovation Lab High School to use the Mastery Transcript for graduating students instead of a traditional transcript.[8]

Transcript

In contrast to traditional secondary school transcripts, which usually include letter-based grades and lists of courses, the Mastery Transcript focuses on measures of proficiency in various categories.[6] These categories are referred to as competencies. The Transcript also allows students to present evidence of their learning in the form of a multimedia portfolio.[9]

The design of the Mastery Transcript is based on three core concepts: flexibility to accommodate a variety of school curricula, the omission of letter grades, and a format which can be read by college admissions officers in under two minutes.[10]

See also

References
  1. Ark, Tom Vander. "Helping Grads Tell Their Story: The Case For Extended Transcripts". Forbes. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. Saines, Aria (16 May 2020). "The Virus That Broke The Classroom". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. Jaschik, Scott (10 May 2017). "Top private high schools start campaign to kill traditional transcripts and change college admissions". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. Farkas, Karen; clevel; .com (10 May 2017). "Hawken School leads effort to develop non-grade high school transcript". cleveland. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. "Our Story | Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC)". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. "Top private high schools start campaign to kill traditional transcripts and change college admissions". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. Hammel, Tyler. "Murray High School joins consortium as it rethinks grading". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "Spotlight on Innovation Lab High School". www.nsd.org. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. Omaye, Jayna (17 August 2018). "Here's How Hawai'i Schools Are Encouraging Students to Follow Their Passions". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  10. "A new transcript?". Phi Delta Kappan. SAGE Publishing. 99 (6): 7. March 2018. JSTOR 44653414 – via JSTOR.
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