CBE Guide
Tips, strategies, and study guides to help you pass your Texas Credit by Exam.
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.
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.
California CAASPP & ELPAC 2025–2026 System Release Dates: Complete Calendar for Smarter Balanced, CAST, CAA, CSA, and ELPAC
The full 2025–2026 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) system release schedule — every system-open date, every assessment availability window, the 66-percent instructional-year rule, and the Summative ELPAC window. Pulled directly from the official California Outreach Team June 26, 2025 email update.
Texas CBE for Northeast ISD (NEISD) Families: A Resource Guide for NE San Antonio, Universal City, parts of Live Oak and Selma
A Northeast ISD (NEISD)-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.
Houston-Area Texas CBE: A Family Resource Guide for HISD, Katy, Cy-Fair, Fort Bend, and the Magnet-School Pathway
A Houston-specific guide for parents researching Texas Credit by Exam — covering the six largest Houston-metro school districts, the magnet schools where CBE acceleration is common, the realistic registration timeline, a ready-to-send counselor email, and the at-home UTHS Proctorio option that most families haven't heard about.
Should Your Child Take a Texas CBE? A Parent's 5-Question Decision Tree
Five honest questions to figure out whether a Credit by Exam fits your child right now — or whether the regular class is the better call. Decision tree, not a sales pitch. Includes the 'skip the CBE' answer when that's the right one.