Single Subject Acceleration (SSA)

What is Single Subject Acceleration (SSA)? 

Students will be tested for SSA placement for the 2026-2027 school year during the testing windows indicated below. No requests for testing outside these windows will be accepted. 

• Students who qualify will grade skip in either Math or ELA. 

• Students who are already SSA do not need to retest.  Their current SSA services will follow them to the next grade level.  Students who will be in grade 5 and who will be taking grade 6 classes may receive their instruction through an online class.

• SSA instruction is provided by a 1st - 5th grade teacher or via NCVPS (online). 

• SSA testing only occurs once a year.  The county sets all testing windows and testing criteria.  

• SSA is not AIG.  SSA is an acceleration option provided by the county and is a separate and completely different program from AIG.

2025-26 SSA UPDATE

New Students to WCPSS

Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, newly enrolled and newly attending WCPSS students will have the opportunity to participate in Fall SSA Testing.  This opportunity is only for students in first - seventh grades. They must start this process within the first two weeks of enrollment/attendance.  Fall testing is only available within the first two weeks of enrollment or before the end of the 1st quarter, whichever comes first.  Students enrolling after the first quarter will have to wait until the Spring testing window.

Qualify Vs. Placed

Only students who meet the district-established criteria for Single Subject Acceleration (SSA) will be formally designated as SSA students. For questions, please contact La ’ Kesha Roberts @lspruillroberts@wcpss.net.

SSA Request/Testing Windows - SPRING 2026

Request Windows

• TBD

Testing Windows

• TBD