The Fort Worth Independent School District uses credit by examination 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 90%.
(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%