Credit By Examination

Credit by Exam (CBE) can be utilized for Credit Recovery or Exam for Acceleration. The circumstances and guidelines vary for each and are outlined below. 

 

Credit by Exam (CBE) for Credit Recovery

 

Utilized to earn credit for a course, when a student has had prior instruction, and under the following conditions: 

• The student is enrolling in the District from a non-accredited school;
• The student has failed a subject or course; or
• The student has earned a passing grade in a subject or course but has failed to earn credit because of excessive absences

 Students must demonstrate mastery of 70% or higher on a CBE to earn credit. 

 

Guidelines 

Only students currently enrolled in Lovejoy ISD are eligible to apply for a Credit by Exam. To be eligible for a credit by exam for credit recovery, a student must have had prior instruction in the course. It also may apply to students who were homeschooled or attended a non-accredited private school and need state-approved credit.Applications are available from the school counselor and students must be registered by the test application deadline. The application deadline and testing window will be determined at the start of each school year.After successful completion of a CBE, the numerical score earned will be posted to the student’s high school transcript and the student will earn high school credit. The transcripted credit will not be calculated into the student’s grade point average (GPA) for ranking purposes. For middle school courses, the student’s CBE numerical score will be documented in the student’s permanent academic record.   

 

Credit by Examination(CBE) for Acceleration

Exam for Acceleration (EA) - Provides an opportunity to earn grade level or course credit in which no prior formal instruction was completed. The EA is designed for a very small percentage of learners who have both the academic and emotional need to advance a course.  Students must demonstrate mastery of 80% or higher on an EA to earn credit.The only students who should take an exam for acceleration are those who display an extremely advanced level of understanding of the learning objectives assessed on the EA which will be the grade level/course above the grade level/course in which your child is currently enrolled.

 

Guidelines

• Only students currently enrolled at a Lovejoy ISD campus are eligible to apply for Exam for Acceleration assessments.
• Lovejoy ISD students are only eligible to apply for exams for acceleration for a grade level or course for which all prerequisites have been met and in the order of the district's usual course sequence.
• Parents who wish to have their child take an EA must contact their child’s counselor and complete the application process by the deadline posted on the district website.
• All acceleration attempts must occur during district-approved testing windows.
• Students may only accelerate in one course per subject per testing window. (Example: a 6th-grade math assessment and a 7th-grade math assessment cannot be taken in the same testing window)
• A student can only take a specific EA once during any given testing window (retests are not allowed during the same window an exam was first taken).
• A student may not attempt to earn credit by examination without prior instruction for a specific course or grade level more than twice.
• If a student fails to earn credit for a specific course or grade level before the beginning of the school year in which the student would ordinarily be required to enroll in that course or grade level in accordance with the school district's prescribed course sequence, the student must satisfactorily complete the course or grade level to receive credit.