Dual credit is a process through which a student may earn high school credit for successfully completing a college course that provides advanced academic instruction beyond, or in greater depth than, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for a corresponding high school course. The “dual credit” earned is college credit and high school credit for one course.  Source: Texas Education Agency, Dual Credit FAQ

At Judson ISD dual credit courses are offered at no cost to our students.  

The American Institutes for Research found that high school graduates who participated in dual credit outperformed students who did not.  Measures of performance included grades in both dual credit and college credit only courses, college remediation, enrollment, persistence and completion.  Source: Dual Credit Education Programs in Texas, 2018

High school students in dual credit

• transition more smoothly into higher education.
• acquire the confidence to succeed academically and socially in a college environment. 
• complete their college and career goals faster.
• save money on their overall college costs.

A high school student is eligible to enroll in no more than two academic dual credit courses per semester if the student demonstrates college readiness by achieving the minimum passing standards on relevant section(s) of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) exam:

Exemptions include the following exam scores:

The TSI exam is a requirement for students who want to enroll in dual credit courses while in high school and who do not meet an exemption.

High school students may register with the college counselor at their respective high schools to take the TSI exam. 

Additional information and practice for the TSI exam can be found by clicking the following links:

TSI Student Information Brochure 

TSI Brochure (Before Test)
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/accuplacer-texas-success-initiative-assessment-student-brochure.pdf?CSRF=QLKE-DVGS-DNR5-0IIB-5R3Q-69M1-J5F9-PFZT 

Sample Questions
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/accuplacer-texas-success-initiative-assessment-sample-questions.pdf?CSRF=D0K5-OXWK-8ST6-65A6-VBN0-MKXW-XGGM-47FN 

Writeplacer Sample Essay
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/accuplacer-writeplacer-sample-essays.pdf?CSRF=NSQR-ZRT7-BM02-YMDG-3ZC2-4THN-RLWQ-W96C&CSRF=K55Y-LQPC-UK93-YDCA-VYS6-ZEYV-0393-4JAV 

Under the core subjects of English, Math, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Psychology and Speech, the following college courses may* be offered at our comprehensive high schools:

English 1301            English 1302        English 2322

English 2323            Math 1314            Math 1414

History 1301            History 1302        Government 2305

Government 2306    Biology 1408        Biology 1409

Biology 1406            Biology 1407        Arts 1301

Drama 1310             Music 1306           Psychology 2301

Speech 1315

These college courses comprise our Texas Core Complete courses. Texas Core Complete courses are very likely to count towards any college major at any public university in the state of Texas.   

*Course offerings at each high school are dependent on teacher qualifications and student enrollment.