Exam Guides
Guides for Texas Credit by Exam, SAT and PSAT, AP and AMC — what is on each one, when it is sat, and how to prepare.
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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 — Full MC Practice + 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™ — full multiple-choice practice with worked explanations, 11 free Earth Science lessons, full-length timed mock exams, and 20 free samples. From $29.99 for 6 months.
Houston ISD CBE — Family Resource Guide: 3-Credit Ceiling, 2-Attempt Cap (2026-2027)
HISD-specific family guide: Grades 1-5 acceleration (80% on 4 subjects), max 3 course credits per testing administration, max 2 attempts per subject during entire HISD enrollment. HISD-diverse HS landscape (comprehensive + magnet + career pathway).
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 $29.99.
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.
Katy ISD CBE — Family Resource Guide: 80% Bar + Results-by-First-Day Rule (2026-2027)
KISD-specific family guide: 80% acceleration bar (70% recovery), four CBE windows/year, strict ordering deadlines, and the results-must-arrive-by-first-day-of-school rule that determines whether acceleration applies this year or next.
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD CBE — Family Guide: 80% Pass, GPA-Sensitive Prep Strategy (2026-2027)
CFISD-specific family guide: 80% CBE pass standard, three CBE purposes (accelerate/elective/recovery), CBE grades used in GPA and class rank (unlike Frisco ISD), 2-opportunity MS-to-HS credit cap. Prep quality matters more given GPA impact.
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 $29.99.
Beyond 8th-Grade Math: The Complete 5-Year UTHS CBE Subject Map (HS Math +200%+, Chemistry +316%, US Government +490%)
We pulled every subject out of every UTHS Credit by Exam Annual Report from 2021 to 2025 — 30+ subjects across 5 testing years. The middle-school math story we wrote about earlier this week was only the surface. The bigger story: high-school math, chemistry, and graduation-requirement CBEs have grown 124–490% in five years.