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TPS Credit or No TPS Credit

• Every course offered by TPS (except AP® courses, due to College Board requirements) may be taken for TPS Credit or in No TPS Credit (i.e., no TPS transcript) status.
• No TPS Credit (i.e., no TPS transcript) status is ideal for students who want to fully benefit from the course instruction, evaluation, and feedback but will report it on a homeschool transcript. The credit-based requirements (e.g., exam proctoring, lateness penalties) are waived.
• There is no difference in course content, assignment content, evaluation, feedback — every student gets the same excellent instruction, evaluation, and feedback.
• TPS Credit is required only for students intending to list the course on a transcript or application as a TPS course. It is required for a TPS transcript or official record, but not for your own homeschool transcript.
• For the No TPS Credit option, choose No Credit for each course when you enroll.
  • A TPS College dual credit course may be taken for No TPS Credit, but this cannot be self-selected at enrollment. It must be requested and approved in writing from TPS Support because it also negates any opportunity for the college credit, and we want to ensure you have considered this in your request.
  • A TPS certified AP® course must be taken for TPS Credit (there is no option for No TPS Credit). This limitation also applies to TPS courses which are both AP and College dual credit.
  • You may also switch to this option later during the course (except AP courses).

How should I decide the credit status for my TPS course?

The choice is essentially whether you want the option of receiving an official (accredited) TPS transcript for the course, or you will report it yourself as you prefer on a homeschool transcript that does not reference TPS. Please review our transcripts information to help you decide if the benefits of the TPS transcript are helpful for your individual requirements and goals. Review the table below to understand the specific differences between taking the course in TPS Credit or No TPS Credit (i.e., no TPS transcript) status.

If you are still uncertain after reviewing all this information, we recommend starting in TPS Credit status because you may change this later if you decide differently. After the course has started, it becomes impossible to change from No TPS Credit (i.e., no TPS transcript) to TPS Credit status.

Detailed Similarities and Differences Between TPS Credit and No TPS Credit Status