Credit By Exam
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Students Get 6 Chances During Summer to “Test Out of Classes”
The state’s education law, the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), will allow Palacios Independent School District students to obtain credit in a course or grade level by passing tests approved by school district trustees. Texas law, 19 TAC Chapter 74, allows students to “test out of a course” by taking a “Credit by Examination” without prior instruction in the course(s) being tested. To earn credit for a grade or a subject the student must answer 90 percent of the questions correctly. In accordance with local school district policy, a student in any of Grades 6 - 12 may be given credit for an academic subject in which he or she had some prior instruction, if the student scores 70% on the test. The tests are rigorous, targeting all the objectives for the courses covered.
The test will be administered in Victoria through Region III Education Service Center on June 23, 24, and 25, 2011 and again on July 6, 7, and 8, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on each date. Registration applications may be picked up at Palacios I.S.D. campus offices during the months of March, April and May. Deadline for registration is May 25, 2011. There are no fees or costs to take the tests.
For more information call the campus counselor.
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