College Preparatory Courses for CCMR Accountability: Providers

College preparatory course providers who wish to participate must submit an application that includes narrative responses and data files indicating their interest in being considered an approved provider of a college preparatory course that counts toward the college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) credit in the public-school accountability system. 

Through a comprehensive review process, TEA will work with faculty reviewers to assess submitted application materials for college preparatory courses for public school accountability. Each college preparatory course approved for public school accountability will be assigned a unique Service ID enabling data collection related to participation and outcomes.

Course Review Process

Eligible College Preparatory Course for Public School Accountability Provider Applicants:

• Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)

• Education Service Centers that have an agreement to partner with an IHE to offer college preparatory courses that will be accepted at that partnering institution

• Entities that have Memorandums of Understanding with IHE to offer college preparatory courses that will be accepted at that partnering institution

A provider of an approved College Preparatory Course for Public School Accountability must:

• have served students in 2021-2022 and still be actively serving students,

• apply by January 31, 2025 through Qualtrics application to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) that includes three .csv files containing previous college preparatory course participation (district Information for 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024),

• undergo a quality review of the application by faculty reviewers from across the state

The course review process will result in the following:

• A 2025-2030 college preparatory course for public school accountability list of approved providers

• Assignment of a unique Service ID for each approved college preparatory English language arts courses and each college preparatory mathematics course approved for credit in the public-school accountability system

• Continuous improvement to support consistent high-quality courses for students

Application Requirements

To apply for approval to offer college preparatory courses in English language arts and/or Mathematics for CCMR credit in the Texas accountability system, providers should follow these steps:

• Submit a College Preparatory Course for CCMR Accountability Provider Interest Form by January 10, 2025

  • TEA will send a personalized application link to the Application Representative that submitted the College Preparatory Course for CCMR Accountability Provider Interest Form

• Review the College Preparatory Course for CCMR Accountability Provider Guide for more information on the application questions, scoring and faculty review guidelines

• Upon receipt of the personalized application, Providers

  • may apply for either one or both courses (English and/or Mathematics)

  • complete the application and submit by January 31, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. (CST)

• Application submission must include:

  • three .csv files containing previous college preparatory course participation data(district information for 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024

  • Memorandum of Understanding (sample attachment)

  • Syllabus (sample attachment)

View CPC Provider Interest Form
View CPC Provider Guide

College Preparatory Course Provider Webinar

A webinar for college preparatory course providers will be held on December 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (CST).

Register for this webinar

College Preparatory Courses for CCMR Accountability Timeline

The College Preparatory Courses for CCMR Accountability timeline is as follows:

• College Preparatory Course for CCMR Accountability Provider Interest Form open on November 20, 2024 and available through January 10, 2025
• Register for webinar for college preparatory course providers held on December 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (CST).
• College Preparatory Course for CCMR Accountability Provider Application available November 20, 2024 through January 31, 2025
• Application scoring and faculty review January through March 2025
• College Preparatory Course Provider status notification March 2025
• College Preparatory Course Providers begin serving students with unique service IDs in Fall 2025