Mastery Transcript Consortium

The idea for Mastery Transcript Consortium® (MTC) sparked in 2014 and the network officially launched on March 1, 2017, to champion a belief that there is a better way of preparing high school students for the world ahead and of presenting them to colleges and employers. The concept for MTC was born from the Hawken School in Cleveland, thanks to the vision of Scott Looney, head of school at Hawken and now MTC’s Board Chair, who saw the most basic of all high school documents—the transcript—as a boulder in the way of high school innovation. 

 

This network of independent and public high schools has reinvented how students prepare for college, career, and life by creating a digital, high school transcript that reflects the unique skills, strengths, and interests of each learner. This new transcript, called the “Mastery Transcript,” supports schools in shifting from a traditional instruction model that credits student seat-time spent in subject-based courses to a mastery-based model that credits demonstrated achievement of Mastery Credits (both in traditional content areas, as well as in the development of skills, such as collaboration, communication, and leadership). Used by over 300 of the world’s most recognized independent and progressive public schools, MTC’s advisors and board members include some of the most noted scholars and practitioners in the industry.