Districts and schools that choose to use a proficiency-based transcript for their college-bound students have nothing to fear. I encourage school board members, administrators, teachers, students, and parents to read the literature on proficiency-based transcripts as a way to help assuage concerns. I encourage the more tenacious readers (or those of you with some extra time on your hands!) to read in their entirety each of the articles cited below. For the rest of you, I have