What’s Happening with Competency-Based Transcripts and Rethinking College Admissions in the United States
July 2, 2018 by Natalie Truong and Susan PatrickThis post originally appeared at iNACOL on June 11, 2018.
What are competency-based transcripts, and why are they important?
The New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) explains the main issue: “For more than a century, American high school students have earned ‘credits’ for passing courses. When they accumulate enough credits, they receive a diploma. The problem with this approach is that credits do not always equal competency.”
Competency-based transcripts provide colleges and universities with comprehensive information on a high school student’s knowledge, skills and performance upon graduation. They communicate what a student knows and can do in the transition from secondary to postsecondary systems of education based on actual mastery and offer a comprehensive record of achievement in a competency-based learning model. (more…)