Credit by Exam

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:

1. The student is five (5) years of age on September 1 of the school year in which tested;
2. The student is six years old on or before December 31 of the school year in which tested;
3. The student is enrolled in kindergarten in the District, and the student has a 6-digit local id number;
4. The student’s parent or guardian initiates the request in writing within the first two weeks of school or before school starts;
5. The parent/guardian timely files the request with the campus principal and attends a conference to discuss the request;
6. 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 22-23 the EOY RIT score expectation is 150) ; and
7. 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. 

       Elementary, Middle, and High School Student Testing Information 2021-2022

Elementary and Middle School (ES/MS)
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)
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	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). 

 

1. 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. 
2. 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. 
3. The deadline was Friday, August 13th, 2021. 

The application window for the next testing opportunity is now closed. Applications will be posted for the next testing sessions in Fall 2022.