PASS/FAIL
Pass/Fail Forms are located outside of the Registrar's Office. The deadline to submit a pass/fail form is the final day of the first six weeks of both semesters. A student may choose to take a course pass/fail (P/F),
only if the course is beyond state graduation requirements in that
subject area for the graduation plan that the student has declared. Prior written approval of the
student, parent, teacher, and counselor must be acquired. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis are considered as local credit
only and are not counted toward state graduation credit. With the
exception of physical education equivalent waiver courses, the
pass/fail status can only be used for high school courses. The
grades in a course taken pass/fail will be recorded
numerically for each six weeks grading period and for the final
exam, but the final course grade will be recorded as a “P” or an “F”.
Denied Credit Due to Excessive Absences:
Loss of credit is tabulated on an individual course basis. If a student has not been in
attendance for at least 90% of the days a course is offered
during the semester, the student will receive no credit for the course semester. This will be recorded as an NC (No Credit) on the report card.
Restoring Denied Credit Due to Excessive Absences:
Students must appeal to the Assistant Principal to restore credit through options provided by District policy.
Credit Recovery Options
Way too many of our students choose to focus on the social aspects of high school instead of the academic, especially during the freshmen year. For some, the rigor of high school courses prove to be more demanding than expected. Students should see their counselor to discuss the best option for credit recovery.
Repeating One or Both Semesters of the Course
Summer School
Students may
take courses in summer school for enrichment, acceleration, or
credit recovery. Updated information
about summer school is available during the spring semester on the AISD website.
Summer School Now
Bowie High School offers a program during the school year called Summer School Now for students that qualify.
Enrollment is limited and on a "first come first served" basis for qualifying students. Contact Mr. Jorge Rodriguez at 512-414-7309 for more information.
DELTA
For information about DELTA, contact your counselor.
Credit by Exam
The District does not pay for credit by exam for credit recovery;
students must make their own arrangements to recover credit for a
failed course.
Credit by Examination (CBE) General Guidelines:
Credit by exam for acceleration is offered at no cost on three
Saturdays in the fall and three days in June through the Office of
Systemwide Testing. Specific dates and information may be
obtained through your counselor. The District uses
Texas Education Agency-approved examinations from the
University of Texas or Texas Tech University for students in grades
6 –12. A list of available examinations may be obtained from the
counselor or the Office of Systemwide
Testing. The student must obtain the required parent/guardian signature and return to the counselor before the deadline listed on the application form. The counselor will submit the required applications
and appropriate forms for credit by examination testing to the
Office of Systemwide Testing by scheduled deadlines. A counselor’s
signature must be secured as verification that the student's records
indicate testing for acceleration or prior instruction in a course.
Study guides for grades 9 -12 courses are online at the
UT Distance Education website: http://www.utexas.edu/cee/dec and on the Texas Tech website: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ode/.
Exams are scored by UT or Texas Tech and returned to Systemwide
Testing, who then forwards the score reports to the school.
Failing scores on credit by examination are not recorded on the
transcript. A passing credit by examination grade cannot be
yearlong averaged with a failing credit by examination grade for
award of credit. Passing grades earned through credit by
examination may be yearlong averaged with grades earned in the
classroom.
Students may not rescind a request for credit through credit by
examination once the test has been completed. Students may not
retake credit by examination for a higher grade once the student
has met minimum passing standard nor take credit by examination
for the purpose of earning a higher grade to replace an existing
passing grade in a course. Credit earned through credit by
examination is transcripted as a non-weighted course.
Examination scores for high school courses will be used in
computing the student's grade point average (GPA) and rank in
class.
If students fail a credit by examination and wish to retest, they may
retake the exam one time at their own expense through the
University of Texas or Texas Tech University Distance Learning Centers or wait for the next District administration of the
examination with campus approval.
Credit by exam without prior instruction (acceleration):
District students who have mastery in a subject but have not
received prior instruction in the subject area or grade level may
take credit by examination for acceleration to gain credit for those
subjects or grade levels. Students who score 90 percent or above
on a District-approved test for acceleration may receive credit for
the course.
Credit by exam with prior instruction:
District students who have received formal prior instruction in a
subject area may take credit by examination for credit recovery or
validation of credit. The District will pay for CBE tests for
validation from nonaccredited private or homeschool programs.
The District does not pay for credit by exam for credit recovery;
students must make their own arrangements to recover credit for a
failed course.