Testing Out

Public Act 335, Section 1279b of the School State Code requires that a school district shall grant high school credit in any course to a pupil enrolled in high school, but who is not enrolled in a course, who has exhibited a reasonable level of mastery of the subject matter of the course by attaining a grade of not less than a C+ in a final exam, by exhibiting that mastery through the assessment used in the course which may consist of a  portfolio, performance, paper, project or presentation.

For the purpose of earning credit under this section, any high school pupil may take the final exam in any course.

Credit earned under this section shall be based on a “pass” grade and shall not be included in a computation of grade point average for any purpose.

Credit earned under this section shall be counted toward fulfillment of a requirement for a subject area course and shall be counted toward fulfillment of a requirement as to course sequence.  Clarifications include:

1. Government and Physical Education are exempt from testing out because they are required by statute for all high school students in Michigan.
2. Classes a student has already taken for grade and/or credit are exempt from testing out.  Also, once credit is earned under this section, a pupil may not receive credit thereafter for a course lower in course sequence concerning the same subject area.

For complete information and application regarding “Testing Out”, see your school counselor.