High school students who entered the ninth grade in the 2011–2012 school year or later must take and pass certain required courses and EOC assessments to graduate from a Texas public high school.

These are English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. history.

If a student takes and passes any of these EOC assessments end-of-course exams in middle school, those scores will count toward their state testing requirements for graduation.

Opportunities to take the EOC tests are every April/May, June and December.