Single Subject Acceleration

Students meeting qualifying criteria in grades K-7 can take advanced academic content in mathematics or English Language Arts through Single Subject Acceleration (SSA). This ensures opportunities for appropriate levels of academic challenge. Only students who are currently enrolled and attending a WCPSS school during the open nomination and testing window are eligible to be considered for SSA.
Test Request Deadlines
Test requests for the 2025-26 school year are currently closed.  They typically open around April of each year.

• Testing Windows
  Students will be tested for SSA placement for the 2025-26 school year during the testing windows indicated below. No requests for testing outside these windows will be accepted.

Click here for information regarding the SSA program.

The following document has a flowchart on which courses a typical SSA student would undertake throughout elementary, middle, and high school.  (There are multiple pages for ELA and math.)

SSA Parent Information Slides (Please see the Parent Presentations tab for a video on these slides.)  The first one is in English.  The second one is the same presentation in Spanish.