Transcript Requirements

Must provide official undergraduate transcripts from all universities attended as part of the bachelor’s degree

Transcripts can be sent via email directly from the college/university to acp@katyisd.org

All foreign transcripts must be evaluated for US equivalency by an accredited transcript evaluation company from the approved list of Foreign Credential Evaluation Services and include a course list and overall GPA

Must have minimum semester credit hours as follows:

Core Subjects with STR Grades EC-6:

• • 12 hours – combination of RLA, Math, Science, Social Studies

Core Subjects with STR Grades 4-8:

• • 12 hours - combination of RLA, Math, Science, and Social Studies

If you do not meet the requirement for undergraduate semester hours in the certification area you are seeking, you must take and pass the TX-PACT test in that particular subject-area.

Foreign Credential Evaluation Services

The following organizations are members of either the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) and have been vetted by the TEA to provide specific required information in the evaluation of educators. Katy ISD will accept evaluations of foreign credentials from these organizations.

• Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc.
• Bruscan Educational Information Services
• Center for Educational Documentation, Inc.
• Educational Perspectives
• Educational Records Evaluation Service
• Foreign Credential Evaluations, Inc.
• Foreign Credential Services of America
• Foundation for International Services, Inc.
• Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.
• Global Education Group, Inc.
• Globe Language Services
• Institute of Foreign Credential Services (IFCS)
• International Academic Credential Evaluator, Inc
• International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
• International Evaluation Service
• Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
• Scholaro (formerly Foreign Credits, Inc.)
• SDR Educational Consultants
• SpanTran: The Evaluation Company
• Ucredo
• World Education Services, Inc.
• Worldwide Education Consultant Services, Inc.