Credit by Examinations

• Students must be enrolled in Pilot Point ISD in order to participate in a Credit by Examination for Acceleration or Academic Course Credit. This includes students entering the district for the first time.
• The parent or legal guardian must complete the formand then submit the form to the school counselor for signed approval. The form is then forwarded to the Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction who will order the exams.
• There is no charge for these exams for all students enrolled in Pilot Point ISD.
• After the exams are ordered, the campus counselor will schedule the date/time/location for the administration and notify the students and parents at least one week in advance. The district does not provide study guides, textbooks, or other resource materials to students to prepare for the examinations. However, resources are available to students and parents at: CBE Review Sheets.
• Exams will be sent to Texas Tech University for scoring once the test has been administered. Score reports will be delivered upon receipt from TTU.
• A student may not attempt an individual Credit by Examination for Acceleration or Academic Course Credit more than two times.

State law requires students to be five years old by September 1st for entry into Kindergarten. Consequently, PPISD Board Policy does not provide for early admittance to Kindergarten. A student who attends private Kindergarten when the student is five years old may take the Kindergarten Exams for Acceleration the following year. A student must be enrolled in Pilot Point ISD in order to participate in the Kindergarten Exams for Acceleration during the summer. There will be only one Kindergarten Exam for Acceleration administration each year, and it will take place in July. Students will take four exams: Reading Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Per PPISD Board Policy EHDC (LOCAL) a student must receive a score of 80% or higher on all four exams in order to be considered for acceleration to first grade. Other requirements include:

• A recommendation from the kindergarten or preschool the student has attended.
• The students will be enrolled in kindergarten for the first four weeks of school to allow campus staff to observe the student’s social and emotional development.
• The student will be given the district approved beginning of the year screener. The student must score at the “Independent Reading Level” equivalent to the beginning of first grade on this screener.
• The student will be interviewed by a campus committee composed of the principal, counselor, kindergarten teacher and first grade teacher. A standardized set of questions will be used for each applicant.
• A committee composed of the campus principal, counselor, kindergarten teacher, first grade teacher, and parent will review the above data to make a recommendation regarding placement.
• A district level designee will review all data and the committee’s recommendation before a placement is made.

(Testing is done before the new school year for advancement in grades 1-8.)
Students in Grades K-5 cannot accelerate a course but accelerate the whole grade level. Testing should take place to advance a grade level for grades 1-8 during the summer due to the impact on scheduling and loss of instruction in the next grade (if testing is during the school year). Students must pass all 4 exams (math, language arts, science, and social studies) for the grade level that is being accelerated at 80% or above. The science or social studies test will be administered first and the other exams will be administered at a later date if 80% was achieved on the first test administered. If 80% is not achieved on the first exam taken, then additional subjects will not be ordered. As per PPISD Board Policy EHDE (LEGAL), a district representative must recommend the acceleration of a student in grades 1 through 5.

Students must take an exam for each semester of an academic course for which they are attempting to earn credit. The student must earn at least an 80% on both semesters exams to receive credit for the course. If a student is given credit in a subject on the basis of an exam in which the student scored an 80% or higher, then the exam score will be entered on the student’s transcript. The exam score will not be computed in class rank.

Review this important information prior to completing the CBE application:

• Testing is available to Pilot Point ISD students who are currently enrolled in a Pilot Point ISD school.
• Students may not attempt CBE for a grade or course that they are currently enrolled in.
• Students in Grades K-8 who are attempting to test out of the NEXT grade level may register to test on any of the dates below. If criteria for acceleration are met, placement in the next grade level will only occur at the start of the following school year.
• All tests are available in English only.
• Completed applications are due by the application deadline. Counselors will verify the information, sign, and submit the form to the Executive Director of C&I.
• Applications must be received by 5:00 PM of the day listed as the deadline date.
• Late application will be transferred to the next available test date.

Click the link below to access the application
2023-2024 Credit by Examination Application