Credit Opportunities for Acceleration/Remediation

Credit Opportunities for Acceleration and/or Remediation

• Correspondence Courses: Correspondence/on-line courses offered through Texas Tech University Extended Studies Program and/or UT High School. Students register online. Take course from home and have 6 months to complete. You will take your final exam with us via the internet. Costs may vary - approx. $150 per 1/2 credit plus cost of books. Correspondance courses will be included in your students GPA calculation. 

• Credit for Acceleration Exams: CBAs are for students who have not received prior instruction in the core subject being tested; students take a CBA to earn additional credit. These exams are only offered at certain times throughout the school year. A student must earn an 80% or above to receive credit. See your counselor to schedule the exam. You will take the CBE in the counseling office and test are administered on the computer at no cost.

• Credit by Exam: CBEs are offered to students that need to repeat a course due to failure. They can be taken at any time throughout the school year. Placement exams are free; there is a $40 payment for credit recovery due to a failed course. You must earn a 70% or above to receive credit. See your counselor to schedule the exam. You will take the CBE in the counseling office. 

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• Night School: Earn credits from 4:10 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. at an accelerated pace. Courses are primarily geared for those students who may need junior or senior level course work. See your counselor for information and to apply. Free of charge.
• Credit Recovery: After school program in which students work at their own pace using APEX (computer program) to earn credit in a course for which they have previously attended but were unsuccessful in earning credit. The NCAA Eligibility Center will not accept credit recovery course for college entrance and eligibility.
• Summer School: LISD summer school is for remediation only.
• Credit for Acceleration Exams: Offered to students to earn additional credit. A student must earn a 80% or above to receive credit. See your counselor to order exam. You will take the CBE in the counseling office and test are administered on the computer. No cost.
• NCTC Dual Enrollment: for Junior and Senior Level Courses. NCTC dual-credit coordinator will provide all the information you need to know about dual-credit. Dual credit courses will be included in GPA calculation. See the dual credit tab on the counseling website for course information. If enrolled in Free/Reduced Lunch program, see your counselor about tuition waiver.
• LISD Virtual Learning Academy Courses