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Test day information will be emailed after the registration window closes.
5th Grade Math into Math 7 Honors
5th grade students wishing to enroll in Math 7 Honors during their 6th grade year must take two exams:
6th Grade Mathematics
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
UTHS CBE
6th Grade Math Honors Exam for Acceleration
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
Local CBE covers half of 7th grade standards pg. 9
These exams must be taken and passed in this order.
5th Grade Math into Math 7
5th grade students wishing to enroll in Math 7 during their 6th grade year must take one exam:
6th Grade Mathematics
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
UTHS CBE
Math 6 into Math 7 Honors
Math 6 students (non-Honors) wishing to enroll in Math 7 Honors during 7th grade must take the following exam:
6th Grade Math Honors Exam for Acceleration
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
Local CBE covers half of 7th grade standards pg. 9
Math 6 or Math 6 Honors into
MS Algebra I Honors
Math 6 or Math 6 Honors students wishing to enroll in MS Algebra I Honors during 7th grade must take the following exam:
8th Grade Mathematics
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
UTHS CBE
Math 7 into MS Algebra I Honors
7th grade students taking Math 7 (non-Honors) wishing to enroll in MS Algebra I Honors during 8th grade must take the following exam:
8th Grade Mathematics
Test score of 80% or higher is required.
UTHS CBE
Preparing for the Exams:
Examinations are criterion-referenced tests from University of Texas High School. Students are encouraged to review the course study guide(s) on the website below. Denton ISD cannot provide additional reviews or study materials for Credit by Exams.
Credit by Exam Policy for Middle School Math Acceleration
Only students currently enrolled at a Denton ISD campus or have completed the next school years registration are eligible to apply for a Credit by Exam
Middle school students in grades 6-8 may advance one grade level or one math course level only.
Approval for the use of a CBE must initiate from the campus
Students may take up to two exams per day.
Scores not meeting the passing standard are not documented on the transcript or permanent record.
Per Texas Education Code §74.24 c(8), A student in any of Grades 6-12 must be given credit for an academic subject in which he or she has had no prior instruction if the student scores: (C) 80% on any other criterion-referenced test approved by the school district board of trustees for the applicable course.
Per Texas Education Code §74.24 c(10), If a student fails to earn credit by examination for a specific high school course before the beginning of the school year in which the student would ordinarily be required to enroll in that course, the student must satisfactorily complete the course to receive credit.
Per Texas Education Code §74.24 c(11), If a student is given credit in accordance with paragraph (8) of this subsection in a subject on the basis of an examination on which the student scored 80% or higher, the school district must enter the examination score on the student's transcript, and the student is not required to take an applicable end-of-course assessment instrument for the course.
More information on Texas Administrative Policy on Credit by Exam can be found at Texas Education Agency - Credit by Exam
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