What it does
Transcripts become more relevant to students’ future goals and aspirations, offering a complete picture of what a student knows and can do.
Why it matters
Today’s transcripts provide a narrow view of student success, listing grades earned and courses passed but lacking information about the knowledge, skills, and competencies that students mastered. Today’s students deserve next-generation transcripts that capture a more complete picture of their capabilities and complement new ways to credential learning, such as badging.
To meet the criteria for this policy action, a state will have adopted a new student transcript, badging, or record system, such as learning and employment records (LERs), that awards students badges or other types of credentials for demonstrating the requisite knowledge, skills, and competencies. States need both the infrastructure to demonstrate student competencies and also the artifacts (e.g., badges) to be included.
