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This work is about having students go beyond "this is an A" to "this is what knowledge really looks like. --Edgar Montes, Mastery Transcript Consortium For decades students, educators, and parents ...

When reviewing applicants’ high school transcripts, college admissions officers look for two main traits: a course load that shows academic rigor and a GPA that demonstrates academic mastery. However, ...

Kentucky is the latest state to unveil an e-transcript service About 20 states require high schools to operate under an e-transcript service Insufficient technical resources could complicate the ...

My grandson recently got a D in high school chemistry, prompting dire warnings from his mother (my daughter) about his "permanent record." However, in 1975, I too got a D in high school chemistry, ...

As a bargaining impasse between Saskatchewan teachers and government continues, a new online transcript portal announced Friday may give students one less thing to worry about. The digital move comes ...

What if traditional high school transcripts -- lists of courses taken, grades earned and so forth -- didn't exist? That's the ambition of a new education reform movement, which wants to rebuild how ...