Credit by Exam
KINDERGARTEN ACCELERATION
Requests for Kindergarten Acceleration are being accepted now through Friday, September 1, 2023. Parent must submit request in writing to student's home campus.
Assessments will be administered on the student’s home campus once they arrive in the district.
Generally, children are best placed at a grade level with students of their own age. However, some students of kindergarten age may already have mastered the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for kindergarten and, for this reason, are ready to go on to first grade. Acceleration by Examination for kindergarten is to allow students to advance to first grade who are not yet six years of age but are academically ready to do so. Typically, these are students who have been enrolled in a private kindergarten (accredited or non-accredited) or a homeschool arrangement.
Kindergarten acceleration opportunities will be offered only once per year. Comal ISD does not accept another district’s kindergarten acceleration testing. A student who enrolls in Comal ISD must meet Comal ISD standards if deadlines have not passed.
A student in kindergarten may be accelerated to first grade if he or she meets ALL of the following requirements in this order:
- The student is five (5) years of age on September 1 of the school year in which tested;
- The student is six years old on or before December 31 of the school year in which tested;
- The student is enrolled in kindergarten in the District, and the student has a 6-digit local id number;
- The student’s parent or guardian initiates the request in writing within the first two weeks of school or before school starts;
- The parent/guardian timely files the request with the campus principal and attends a conference to discuss the request;
- The student scores at or above the kindergarten end-of-year expectations on the District’s early reading assessment, which is administered by campus personnel (for 23-24 the EOY RIT score expectation is 153) ; and
- The student scores at least 80 on each of the following kindergarten content area assessments (language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) through Credit by Exam. Comal ISD will purchase and administer the exams to the student.
The principal will make the recommendation for acceleration and the decision made will be final.
CURRENTLY ENROLLED COMAL ISD STUDENTS
Elementary, Middle, and High School Student Testing Information 2022-2023
Elementary and Middle School (ES/MS) |
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Testing Level |
Applications posted to CISD website |
Applications Due to campus by end of school day |
Testing Dates at Campuses |
ES/MS Fall Testing |
September 22nd |
October 13th |
November 14-18th |
ES/MS Spring Testing |
January 4th |
January 31st |
February 27-March 3rd |
*ES/MS Summer I Testing |
April 18th |
May 15th |
Testing at SVHS June 6-7 |
*ES/MS Summer II Testing |
April 18th |
May 15th |
Testing at CHS July 25-26 |
High School (HS) |
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Testing Level |
Applications posted to CISD website |
Applications Due to campus by 4pm |
Testing Dates at Campuses |
HS Fall Testing |
August 23rd |
September 8th |
CLHS/DHS-October 8 PHS-October 15 SVHS-October 22 CHS-October 29 |
HS Spring Testing |
December 6th |
January 9th
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CLHS/DHS-February 4 PHS/SVHS-February 11 CHS-February 25 |
*HS Summer I Testing |
April 18th |
May 15th |
Testing at SVHS June 6-7 |
*HS Summer II Testing |
April 18th |
May 15th |
Testing at CHS July 25-26 |
Elementary, Middle, and High School Student Testing Information 2023-2024
Testing Level |
Applications posted to CISD website |
Applications Due to campus by end of school day |
Testing Dates at Campuses |
ES/MS Fall Testing |
September 25 |
October 20 |
November 13-17 |
ES/MS Spring Testing |
January 4 |
January 26 |
February 26-March 1 |
*ES/MS Summer I Testing |
April 18 |
May 14 |
Testing at CLHS June 4-5 |
*ES/MS Summer II Testing |
April 18 |
May 14 |
Testing at PHS July 30-31 |
High School (HS) |
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Testing Level |
Applications posted to CISD website |
Applications Due to campus by 4pm |
Testing Dates at Campuses |
HS Fall Testing |
August 22 |
September 15 |
DHS-October 7 SVHS-October 14 PHS-October 21 CLHS-October 28 CHS-November 4 |
HS Spring Testing |
December 1 |
January 12
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CLHS-February 3 PHS-February 10 SVHS-February 17 DHS-February 24 CHS- March 2 |
*HS Summer I Testing |
April 18 |
May 14 |
Testing at CLHS June 4-5 |
*HS Summer II Testing |
April 18 |
May 14 |
Testing at PHS July 30-31 |
*ES/MS/HS Summer testing is held at two different high school campuses. The testing will be two days. Testing during the school year is held at the student’s home campus, with the exception of MECHS and HCCPHS.
Starting February 1, 2018, students may request the UT High School CBEs for acceleration for courses with a state-level EOC (Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, & U.S. History).
STUDENTS ENROLLING IN COMAL ISD FOR THE FIRST TIME
- Middle School students in grades 6-8 enrolling in Comal ISD for the first time are eligible to request Credit by Exam for Acceleration. Students must be enrolling from an accredited school. Students must have completed the enrollment process and have a Local ID assigned to them before assessments can be ordered. Current safety and policy procedures will be followed.
- Elementary students in grades 1-5 enrolling in Comal ISD for the first time are eligible to request Credit by Exam for Acceleration. Students must be enrolling from an accredited school. Students must have completed the enrollment process and have a Local ID assigned to them before assessments can be ordered. Current safety and policy procedures will be followed.
- The application deadline for New Enrollees is August 18, 2023.
CURRENT APPLICATIONS for CREDIT by EXAM