Credit by Exam
KINDERGARTEN ACCELERATION
The next Kindergarten Acceleration opportunity will be Fall 2022
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;
- The student’s parent or guardian initiates the request in writing within the first two weeks of school;
- 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 (for 21-22 the EOY RIT score expectation is 150) on the District’s early reading assessment, which is administered by the kindergarten teacher; 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 2021-2022
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 27th |
October 14th |
November 15-19th |
ES/MS Spring Testing |
January 4th |
January 31st |
February 28-March 4th |
*ES/MS Summer I Testing |
April 18th |
May 16th |
Testing at PHS June 7-8 |
*ES/MS Summer II Testing |
April 18th |
May 16th |
Testing at CLHS July 26-27 |
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 19th |
September 9th |
CLHS-October 9 DHS-October 16 SVHS-October 23 CHS-October 30 |
HS Spring Testing |
December 6th |
January 10th
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CLHS-February 5 DHS-February 5 CHS-February 12 SVHS-February 26 |
*HS Summer I Testing |
April 18th |
May 16th |
Testing at PHS June 7-8 |
*HS Summer II Testing |
April 18th |
May 16th |
Testing at CLHS July 26-27 |
Credit
*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 deadline was Friday, August 13th, 2021.
CURRENT APPLICATIONS for CREDIT by EXAM