CBE Guide
Tips, strategies, and study guides to help you pass your Texas Credit by Exam.
The Texas High-School Curriculum + CBE Map: Which Courses You Can Skip and How Acceleration Actually Works
A single-page reference for Texas parents and students: the four-year graduation grid under the Foundation High School Program, every subject CBE can grant credit for, and the real acceleration paths these unlock — including 'reach AP Calculus by 11th grade' and 'free up senior year for two APs'. Fact-based, no upsell.
NY Regents Earth Science Practice — 314 MC Questions + 11 Lessons, Now on Texas CBE
If you're prepping for the NY Regents Physical Setting / Earth Science exam, we just migrated a complete Earth Science question bank onto Texas CBE™ — 314 multiple-choice questions with worked explanations, 11 free Earth Science lessons, full-length timed mock exams, and 20 free samples. From $19.99 for 6 months.
5 Years of UTHS CBE Data: 8th-Grade Science Just Tripled — The Texas Acceleration Decade is Here
We pulled together every UTHS Credit by Exam Annual Report from 2021 through 2025 — five consecutive official datasets covering 2020–21 through 2024–25 testing years. The findings: middle-school CBE volume has nearly doubled in five years, 8th-grade science has nearly tripled (+180%), and pass rates are rising across the board. The Texas acceleration story isn't a 2-year spike. It's a sustained five-year transformation.
Texas CBE for Houston ISD (HISD) Families: A Resource Guide for Houston (HISD service area)
A Houston ISD (HISD)-specific guide for parents researching Texas Credit by Exam — covering the district's high schools and magnet schools where acceleration is common, the realistic registration timeline, a ready-to-send counselor email, and the at-home UTHS Proctorio option.
Texas Charter Schools & Credit by Exam: A 101 Intro for Students and Parents
How does Credit by Exam work at a Texas public charter school — KIPP, IDEA, Harmony, Uplift, or any other? Same Texas statutes as ISDs (CBE is free at school, plus paid UTHS), but each charter's internal policies differ. Here's the practical picture — from $19.99.
Tennessee TCAP Test Schedule 2025–2026: Complete TDOE Calendar for TCAP EOC, TCAP ACH (Grades 3–8), TCAP-Alt, ACT, and English Learners Assessment
The full 2025–2026 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) calendar from the Tennessee Department of Education Assessment Division — every required TCAP window for Fall EOC, Spring Grades 3–5 paper, Grades 6–8 and EOC computer-based, the TCAP-Alternate, optional Grade 2, Fall ACT Senior Retake, Spring ACT Junior Testing, English Learners Assessment, and NAEP. Pulled directly from the TDOE published calendar.
Texas CBE for Katy ISD Families: A Resource Guide for Katy, Cinco Ranch, Fulshear, Richmond
A Katy ISD-specific guide for parents researching Texas Credit by Exam — covering the district's high schools and magnet schools where acceleration is common, the realistic registration timeline, a ready-to-send counselor email, and the at-home UTHS Proctorio option.
Texas CBE for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (CFISD) Families: A Resource Guide for Cypress, NW Houston, Jersey Village
A Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (CFISD)-specific guide for parents researching Texas Credit by Exam — covering the district's high schools and magnet schools where acceleration is common, the realistic registration timeline, a ready-to-send counselor email, and the at-home UTHS Proctorio option.
Texas Homeschool & Credit by Exam: A 101 Intro for Families
New to homeschooling in Texas, or new to Credit by Exam? Here's the practical intro: how Texas homeschool families use CBE to earn high-school credit, the two CBE routes (free district-based and paid UTHS), and what to actually prep for — from $19.99.