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Ricardo ISD

Commitment Today Means Success Tomorrow

Ricardo Elementary School (PK to 5th)

Ricardo Elementary School Grading Policy 2025 - 2026

Ricardo Elementary School Supply List 2025 - 2026

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Books Beginning at Birth is a statewide program that provides young children and their families access to books and resources to support the development of early literacy skills and foster a love of reading.

All families can access an open library of hundreds of high-quality digital children’s books accompanied by videos and at-home literacy activities. Click HERE to access the open library.

Grade Acceleration for Kindergarten-Grade 5

Credit by Exam Test Opportunities:

A school district must annually provide at least four testing opportunities as follows:

  • one window to test between January 1 and March 31;
  • one window to test between April 1 and June 30;
  • one window to test between July 1 and September 30; and
  • one window to test between October 1 and December 31.

Each examination for acceleration for each elementary grade level and for credit for secondary school academic subjects must be made available during each window unless the examination has an administration date that is established by an entity other than the school district (for example, AP tests administered by the College Board).

A student may take a specific examination only once during each window. The testing window must be designed to meet the needs of all students. The dates must be publicized to the community. 

A school district must provide opportunities for a student who is homeless or in substitute care who transfers to the district after the start of the school year to be administered credit by examination at any point during the school year.

For more information regarding Credit by Exam, read Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or visit the TEA website.

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