in KY they say "scholarship reports" rather than "grades". This way you can do portfolio or descriptive assessments. For a hs transcript to apply to private college I decided to use the state testing system adjectives instead of letter grades, and the college had no problem with that. The adjectives are novice, apprentice, proficient, distinguished, and they have definitions for these. College really was concerned with the ACT score more than anything else, I don't think they really cared much about the transcript. She got lots of scholarship money based on other things--ACT, Leadership (based on activities), Talent (she had been to KY Governor's School for the Arts 3 week summer program).

Funny thing about "novice". Two schooled kids who are studying Latin and Greek word roots with me told me that they thought novice meant "bad" or "the lowest" when we had a set of words with this root.

I think it is much easier to get into college now without traditional grades than was true in the past. And many colleges like to get homeschooled young people.
Leslie in KY

Off topic: How did you make the post so wide?