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The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is a unique opportunity to explore all of your career and post-secondary options so you can make a plan that works for you. The ASVAB CEP helps you identify your skills and interests so that you can find potentially satisfying career fields and explore all of the paths you can take to gain entry into your career field of choice. While it is true that a student who wishes to enlist in any military branch of service after high school must take the ASVAB, taking this assessment does not obligate a student to enter the military, nor does it obligate a student to speak to a recruiter. For more information about the ASVAB for Military Purposes click the button below.

ASVAB Home

Students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses are eligible to take the College Board AP test at the each May. Students that score 3 or higher on these exams may be eligible to receive college credit. Please contact your school counselor for more information.

AP Exams Coordinator: Carin Reeves – creeves@lcisd.org

AP Courses & Exams

Check out the College Board's AP Credit Policy Search tool below - find colleges that offer credit or placement for AP scores

AP Credit Policy Search

The TSIA 2 gives an opportunity for students to demonstrate eligibility to take dual credit or non-remedial college courses at Texas community and junior colleges without having to master the SAT or ACT. Please contact our Campus Testing Coordinator or College and Career Facilitator for more details.

Testing Coordinator: kyra.scopel@lcisd.org

College & Career Facilitator: francheska.arias@lcisd.org

PSAT

LCISD students in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11 will take the PSAT 8/9 or PSAT NMSQT at no charge in the fall of each year. Students will be automatically registered to takes these exams. 

Coordinator: Kyra Scopel

 

SAT School Day

LCISD students in grade 11 will take the School Day SAT in the spring of each year at no charge. Student will automatically be registered to take the SAT School Day exam. 

Coordinator: Kyra Scopel

 

SAT (non-school day)

In addition to offering the School Day SAT, College Board offers several weekend sessions for the SAT college entrance exam. Please note, however, that all weekend administrations require students to register directly with College Board and pay all related fees. 

SAT Registration

SAT non-school day coordinator: Erica Nigrelli

 

ACT

The ACT gives students an alternative to the Scholastic Aptitude Test for meeting college entrance requirements. GRHS is not an ACT administration site at this time.

ACT Registration

 

 

 

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, is the state testing program that was implemented in the 2011-2012 school year. STAAR is an assessment program designed to measure the extent to which students have learned and are able to apply the knowledge and skills defined in the state-mandated curriculum standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The STAAR program includes STAAR, STAAR Spanish, and STAAR-Alternate 2.

Texas Graduation Requirements require high school students to pass 5 subject based End of Course STAAR exams to graduate: English1, English2, Algebra 1, Biology, US History.

TEA Information on STAAR

If you have additional questions about the STAAR or district testing programs, please contact our Campus Testing Coordinator.

Credit by Exam for students seeking high school credit is administered four times each academic year August, October, January, and April. Specific windows are posted on the district testing calendar. Per state law, students needing to gain high school credit must follow the below criteria:

  • To receive credit for a course that a student has not previously taken, a student must earn a 80% or higher on an exam from either the University of Texas or Texas Tech University.
  • To receive credit for a course that a student has previously taken, a student must earn a 70% or higher on an exam from either the University of Texas or Texas Tech University.

Exams will be ordered and administered here at GRHS. For more information, please contact your school counselor.

CBE Request Form

CBE Study Guides

  • The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is a unique opportunity to explore all of your career and post-secondary options so you can make a plan that works for you. The ASVAB CEP helps you identify your skills and interests so that you can find potentially satisfying career fields and explore all of the paths you can take to gain entry into your career field of choice. While it is true that a student who wishes to enlist in any military branch of service after high school must take the ASVAB, taking this assessment does not obligate a student to enter the military, nor does it obligate a student to speak to a recruiter. For more information about the ASVAB for Military Purposes click the button below.

    ASVAB Home

  • Students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses are eligible to take the College Board AP test at the each May. Students that score 3 or higher on these exams may be eligible to receive college credit. Please contact your school counselor for more information.

    AP Exams Coordinator: Carin Reeves – creeves@lcisd.org

    AP Courses & Exams

    Check out the College Board's AP Credit Policy Search tool below - find colleges that offer credit or placement for AP scores

    AP Credit Policy Search

  • The TSIA 2 gives an opportunity for students to demonstrate eligibility to take dual credit or non-remedial college courses at Texas community and junior colleges without having to master the SAT or ACT. Please contact our Campus Testing Coordinator or College and Career Facilitator for more details.

    Testing Coordinator: kyra.scopel@lcisd.org

    College & Career Facilitator: francheska.arias@lcisd.org

  • PSAT

    LCISD students in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11 will take the PSAT 8/9 or PSAT NMSQT at no charge in the fall of each year. Students will be automatically registered to takes these exams. 

    Coordinator: Kyra Scopel

     

    SAT School Day

    LCISD students in grade 11 will take the School Day SAT in the spring of each year at no charge. Student will automatically be registered to take the SAT School Day exam. 

    Coordinator: Kyra Scopel

     

    SAT (non-school day)

    In addition to offering the School Day SAT, College Board offers several weekend sessions for the SAT college entrance exam. Please note, however, that all weekend administrations require students to register directly with College Board and pay all related fees. 

    SAT Registration

    SAT non-school day coordinator: Erica Nigrelli

     

    ACT

    The ACT gives students an alternative to the Scholastic Aptitude Test for meeting college entrance requirements. GRHS is not an ACT administration site at this time.

    ACT Registration

     

     

     

  • The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, is the state testing program that was implemented in the 2011-2012 school year. STAAR is an assessment program designed to measure the extent to which students have learned and are able to apply the knowledge and skills defined in the state-mandated curriculum standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The STAAR program includes STAAR, STAAR Spanish, and STAAR-Alternate 2.

    Texas Graduation Requirements require high school students to pass 5 subject based End of Course STAAR exams to graduate: English1, English2, Algebra 1, Biology, US History.

    TEA Information on STAAR

    If you have additional questions about the STAAR or district testing programs, please contact our Campus Testing Coordinator.

  • Credit by Exam for students seeking high school credit is administered four times each academic year August, October, January, and April. Specific windows are posted on the district testing calendar. Per state law, students needing to gain high school credit must follow the below criteria:

    • To receive credit for a course that a student has not previously taken, a student must earn a 80% or higher on an exam from either the University of Texas or Texas Tech University.
    • To receive credit for a course that a student has previously taken, a student must earn a 70% or higher on an exam from either the University of Texas or Texas Tech University.

    Exams will be ordered and administered here at GRHS. For more information, please contact your school counselor.

    CBE Request Form

    CBE Study Guides