Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler's Guide to High School Paperwork shows you how to grade, grant credit, create simple, effective home-school transcripts and high school diplomas, and keep simple records. In print since 2001, Transcripts Made Easy has helped thousands of homeschool families create transcripts they are confident about sharing, and this new edition is better than ever. In this updated and expanded fourth edition of Transcripts Made Easy, you will learn how to: - Keep simple, accurate records - Issue grades fairly even if you don't use quizzes or tests - Grant credit for traditional classes, unit studies, work experience, and other activities - Award extra credit for honors classes, credit by exam, or dual-credit classes - Calculate a grade point average, with or without weighted grades - Choose the format that highlights your student's achievements - Create a professional, credible transcript with exactly what admissions counselors need to see - Issue a diploma that's nice enough to frame In addition, you will find: - An overview of what your student needs to study in high school - A new chapter on college alternatives - Seven tips from Professor Carol Reynolds on what college freshman need to know - An updated chapter on records and transcripts for special needs students - Detailed, step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful transcripts using software you already own or can download free - Reproducibles that make record-keeping easy