Personalized Learning
Learning experiences shaped around each student.

The Story Behind Pioneering the Nation’s First Mastery Transcript
Dr. Tyler Thigpen reflects on the school’s experience as one of MTC’s first members and pioneering the Mastery Transcript

A New Infrastructure for Learning Credentials
Our friends and partners at Getting Smart have been hosting a blog series to discuss Horizon 3 learning models. The series is curated by MTC Board Member Emeritus, Sujata Bhatt. In the latest post, A New Infrastructure for Learning Credentials, MTC CEO Mike Flanagan discusses how the accelerated adoption of personalized competency based learning is

School Administrator Magazine: The Move to Mastery Transcripts
For their December 2024 issue of School Administrator magazine, the team at AASA, invited MTC CEO Mike Flanagan and Chief Program Officer Susie Bell to discuss the following question: what does it look like when district leaders work to move beyond GPAs and credit hours? Mike and Susie discuss MTC’s digital records and how they

Compass Finds Its Way: Mastery Learning and State Testing
When standardized testing resumed after a two-year hiatus at Compass Community Collaborative School (grades 6-12), the scores were higher, much higher than before the pandemic. The school’s Executive Director, Jan Harrison, and her colleagues were not all that surprised with these encouraging data. After only a few years of implementing the school’s mastery-based learning program,

