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Mastery Transcript® and MLR

The transcript built from real student work

Co-designed with member schools, the platform turns evidence of real learning into scalable, flexible records, published securely to college admissions readers and employers.

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Mastery Transcript dashboard with a student's competency-based credit profile and featured evidence of learning
3,000+

Students admitted to college with a Mastery Transcript or MLR

823

Colleges and universities accept the Mastery Transcript

0

Admissions offices that have said they cannot use it in review

The record

One record, designed in layers

The Mastery Transcript® and MTC Learning Record are digital, interactive documents: a compact top layer that can be scanned in seconds, with evidence layered beneath for readers who want to dive deeper into a learner’s credentials.

Mastery Transcript

An evidence-based transcript that stands on its own, built from school-defined competencies instead of grades.

MTC Learning Record

A flexible record learners send alongside a traditional transcript.

Learner profile

Learners own their profile page and feature the projects and achievements that tell their story. The published version remains an official school record.

Mastery Transcript dashboard with a student's competency-based credit profile and featured evidence of learning
Evidence

Built from evidence, verified by teachers

Nothing on the record is self-reported. Learners submit their work, and the educators who know them decide when it meets the standard.

Learners submit

Projects, performances, and statements from every stage of the journey, inside and outside the classroom.

Teachers review

Educators approve submissions or send them back with feedback for revision.

Credit is earned

When the evidence meets the bar, the competency lands on the record with the work behind it.

Mastery Transcript dashboard with a student's competency-based credit profile and featured evidence of learning
Competencies

Your standards, not ours

Competencies are defined and certified by member schools; we do not mandate a specific set of skills. The format stays consistent, so readers review every record with speed and accuracy.

School-defined credits

Each school builds its own competency model and credit definitions on the platform.

No grades, high standards

Members do not reduce learners to single numbers, but they do hold them to high standards. Competencies combine into a clear visualization of strengths.

Consistent format

A shared structure across the network keeps every record legible to readers, however different the schools behind them.

Mastery Transcript dashboard with a student's competency-based credit profile and featured evidence of learning
For admissions

Designed for the reader

An admissions officer opens the record from a single link: the top layer first, the evidence on demand. Our higher-ed team reaches out to every college a student applies to, so each one knows the record is coming and knows how to read it.

The Mastery Transcript is a great thing. It helps us understand students’ stories in a deeper way.

Karen Richardson

Dean of Admission, Princeton University

Mastery Transcript dashboard with a student's competency-based credit profile and featured evidence of learning
Trust

Built to serve every learner

Equitable by design

These records serve learners from all backgrounds and support a variety of post-high school goals, whether that is admission to a selective four-year university, placement at a community college, or entry into the workforce.

Learners own their evidence

Learners decide what appears in their record and which work to feature. The published version remains an official record with the context readers need.

Private and protected

Student data belongs to the student and the school. We follow FERPA and applicable state privacy laws, and we never sell student information.

See it in action

One record, designed to be read

A quick tour of how a Mastery Transcript and MTC Learning Record come together, from the evidence behind a competency to the moment a reader opens it.

Mastery Transcript Tour
MLR Walk Through
Why Join the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC)?