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CBE Study Guide (UT)

Online Proctoring Information (UT)

Available Credit By Exams (UT)

Credit By Exams will be offered during four testing windows throughout the school year. Fort Worth ISD works through University of Texas High School to provide students with flexible acceleration testing that can be used for grade skipping, course acceleration, or course credit retrieval (see definitions and scoring requirements below). For grades 6-12, Fort Worth ISD pays for remote online testing, in order to provide a flexible online testing option for students. Utilizing remote online testing allows students to test from the convenience of home or school, provided there is access to a computer with a camera, student identification, and an internet connection.

To sign-up for a Credit By Exam, please register through your school counselor. Once exams are processed, 6th -12th Grade students will receive an email at their Fort Worth ISD email address from UTHS with instructions for completing the exam (if not received, please check your SPAM folder). Kinder-5th Grade students will be notified via their school counselor and will be required to test on campus with a paper/pencil test. Students will have up to 60 days from the email receipt to complete the exam. Your counselor will notify you when your exam is processed and your email has been sent. Please check your email as soon as notified by your counselor, if not received let them know ASAP. For additional information please reach out to your school counselor or Melanie Maxwell (melanie.maxwell@fwisd.org)  in the Gifted and Talented office.

Per Texas Education and Administrative code, a student may only test twice in any subject area.

Students, please visit the UT CBE Study Guides link for information regarding preparing for your credit by exam

Testing Windows & Registration Deadlines for the 2026-2027 School Year

Window 1: October 1, 2026-November 30, 2026

Registration Deadline: September 18, 2026

Window 2: December 14, 2026 – February 12, 2027

Registration Deadline: November 30, 2026

Window 3: March 8, 2027 – May 7, 2027

Registration Deadline: February 22, 2207

Window 4: June 28, 2027 – August 27, 2027

Registration Deadline: June 14, 2027

*Registrations must be entered by the registration deadline, if past the deadline, please choose the next testing window.

**The testing windows are for reporting purposes. Exams may be available before the date listed due to processing times.  Every exam expires 60 days from the student e-mail receipt from UTHS. This means the TESTING WINDOW could change by several days. Pay attention to the receipt of email date.


The Fort Worth Independent School District uses credit by examination (CBE) to obtain course credit for the following purposes: 

Acceleration
(a) acceleration (without prior instruction)

  • FWISD Policy EHDC(LOCAL): “No prior instruction shall be defined as having no formal instruction in the specific course content/and or grade for which the examination is given.”  Requires a passing score of 80%. 

(b) acceleration (with prior instruction) 

  • FWISD Policy EHDB(LOCAL): “Prior instruction may include homeschooling, correspondence courses, independent study supervised by a parent or teacher, coursework, and or/experience in a foreign country, when documented as appropriate.” Requires a passing score of 70%.  

Credit Retrieval (prior formal instruction)

  • Requires a passing score of 70%

Placement/validation (prior instruction)

  • Requires a passing score of 70% 
  

CBE Information

FWISD Board Policy

Texas Adminstrative Code 74.24

Texas Education Code 28.023