- Why There Is No Fixed Exam Calendar
- Vouchers, Contract Terms, and Your Real Deadline
- How Scheduling Actually Works
- What Exam Day Looks Like
- Results Timing and Certificate Delivery
- Planning Around a Retake
- Mapping the Four Domains onto Your Calendar
- Accommodations and Special Requests
- Frequently Asked Questions
- CodeHS Web Development Level 1 is scheduled through your school's CodeHS setup, not on a fixed national exam calendar.
- The exam is 45 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, finished in one sitting, with a 60% passing score.
- Unused school or district vouchers expire at the end of the contract term and never roll over between school years.
- Results arrive within 36 hours on school days, so book early enough to absorb a retake.
Why There Is No Fixed Exam Calendar
If you came looking for a list of 2026 testing windows with registration cutoffs and a "late fee" date, here is the most useful thing to know up front: the CodeHS Web Development Level 1 Certification does not publish a single national calendar of exam dates. The exam is delivered online through the CodeHS Certifications app, and it is taken at home or at school with monitoring from a teacher or authorized proctor. Because of that delivery model, your exam date is set by your teacher, school, or district rather than by a central testing-center schedule.
That distinction matters for planning. Traditional certifications ask you to hunt for open seats at a physical testing site. With CodeHS, the practical questions are different: Has your school purchased vouchers? Is your proctor available on the day you want? When does your school's contract term end? Those three questions are the real "dates" you need to nail down.
For a broader orientation to the credential itself, see What Is CHS-WDEV1 Certification? and the eligibility rundown in CHS-WDEV1 Requirements 2026: Eligibility, Prerequisites & How to Qualify. In short, there are no certification prerequisites. A Web Development or Web Design and Development course is recommended preparation, not a gate you must pass through before sitting the exam.
Vouchers, Contract Terms, and Your Real Deadline
The firmest deadline in this whole process is not a registration cutoff. It is the end of your school or district's contract term. CodeHS provides voucher pricing to schools and districts by direct quote, and no public numeric fee was verified for this article, so you should not assume a specific dollar figure. What is clear is how the vouchers behave:
- One voucher, one attempt. Each purchased voucher permits a single exam attempt.
- Expiration at term end. Unused school or district vouchers expire when the contract term ends.
- No rollover. Unused vouchers do not carry over from one school year to the next.
The practical consequence is that "when should I test?" is really "how many weeks of my school's contract remain, and how many of those weeks do I want to keep as a safety buffer?" A student who waits until the final days of a term to book the exam leaves no room to retake if the first attempt falls short, and a retake requires another voucher anyway.
How Scheduling Actually Works
Because testing runs through the CodeHS Certifications app and the Proctor Dashboard, scheduling is a coordination task between you and your proctor. Here is the typical sequence to follow, framed as a checklist rather than a guaranteed process, since individual schools may layer their own rules on top:
- Confirm voucher availability. Ask your teacher or school administrator whether a voucher is assigned to you for the Web Development Level 1 Certification.
- Choose a testing location. The exam may be taken at home or at school. Home testing still involves teacher or authorized proctor monitoring, so you cannot simply start whenever you feel ready.
- Agree on a proctored time slot. Your proctor needs to be available through the Proctor Dashboard for the full 90-minute window, plus time for setup.
- Prepare your workspace. CodeHS suggests having paper, a pencil, and a calculator on hand. No exam reference sheet is provided for Web Development.
- Sign the Honor Code and begin. The exam uses an Honor Code, randomly selected questions, and Focus Mode.
One point worth emphasizing: the exam must be completed in one sitting. There is no pausing it overnight and resuming tomorrow. When you pick a date, pick a block of time that comfortably holds 90 minutes without interruption.
What Exam Day Looks Like
Knowing the format helps you choose a sensible date and time. The CodeHS Web Development Level 1 Certification is a 45-question multiple-choice exam with a 90-minute time limit, and the passing score is 60%. That works out to roughly two minutes per question, which is generous for recall items but tighter for questions that ask you to trace a short block of JavaScript or jQuery by hand.
| Exam Detail | CodeHS Web Development Level 1 |
|---|---|
| Question count | 45 multiple-choice questions |
| Time limit | 90 minutes, one sitting |
| Passing score | 60% |
| Delivery | Online, at home or school, with teacher or authorized proctor monitoring |
| Integrity controls | Honor Code, randomly selected questions, Focus Mode |
| Reference sheet | None provided for this exam |
| Suggested materials | Paper, pencil, calculator |
What Focus Mode does and does not do
Focus Mode blocks navigation to other CodeHS pages while you test. It is not described as a system-wide browser lockdown, so do not assume it will physically prevent other activity on your device. That does not make shortcuts acceptable: external websites, collaboration, copying or sharing exam questions, and running code in another website or program are all prohibited. Treat the Honor Code as binding, and schedule your exam for a time when you can work alone and undisturbed.
Results Timing and Certificate Delivery
Results are released within 36 hours on school days. That phrasing is important: weekends and school holidays do not count toward the clock the same way. If you finish the exam on a Friday afternoon, you should not expect a result on Saturday morning, and a long holiday weekend could stretch the wait further in calendar terms.
Your results include an overall score and a topic-level performance report, which is especially useful if you need to retake and want to know where you lost points. Candidates who pass receive a downloadable certificate. Earned certificates expire after 10 years, so this is a long-lived credential rather than something you must renew annually.
Key Takeaway
Avoid scheduling your attempt on the last school day before a break. If you do not hear back until after the break, you lose time you could have used to prepare for a retake, and your voucher clock keeps ticking.
For details on how the score is interpreted, see CHS-WDEV1 Passing Score 2026: Exactly What You Need to Pass. One clarification worth repeating: the 60% passing score is a threshold for your own result, not a cohort pass rate. No official pass rate has been verified, which is covered further in CHS-WDEV1 Pass Rate 2026: What the Data Shows.
Planning Around a Retake
There is no numerical limit on retakes, which is reassuring. But each additional attempt requires another purchased voucher, and vouchers belong to the school or district contract. That creates a scheduling reality: your retake window is bounded by two things, the 36-hour results turnaround and the end of your contract term.
A sensible approach is to treat your first attempt as one of two planned attempts rather than your only shot. Book it with enough runway that, if you miss the 60% mark, you can review your topic-level report, study the weak domain, and still sit a second attempt before vouchers expire. If your school has purchased a very limited number of vouchers, have an honest conversation with your teacher about whether a second one is available before you test.
If you are weighing whether the effort is worthwhile at all, Is the CHS-WDEV1 Certification Worth It? Complete ROI Analysis 2026 lays out the trade-offs, and How Hard Is the CHS-WDEV1 Exam? Complete Difficulty Guide 2026 helps you calibrate how much runway to leave.
Mapping the Four Domains onto Your Calendar
This is the one section where I will talk about pacing, and I will tie it directly to the exam's official topic groups. The exam overview lists exactly four top-level headings. They are official topic groups, not a percentage-weighted blueprint, so do not assume equal or unequal weighting between them. They are:
Domain 1: JavaScript in HTML
The foundation. Everything else in the exam builds on your ability to read and reason about JavaScript running inside a web page.
- How script code connects to HTML elements
- Callbacks and synchronization, which the exam overview expressly retains
- Tracing short code snippets without running them
Domain 2: jQuery
jQuery is explicitly retained in the exam overview, so do not skip it because it feels dated.
- Selecting and manipulating elements
- Handling events
- Recognizing correct versus incorrect jQuery syntax from memory
Domain 3: Storing and Collecting Data
The data-handling domain, where the exam overview calls out APIs, forms, and user-data analysis.
- Working with APIs
- Building and processing forms
- Analyzing user data
- Preparation-course material on JSON, cookies, and local storage supports this area, though those are curriculum topics rather than separately listed exam objectives
Domain 4: How to Build and Maintain a Website
The practical, real-world domain covering the life of a site beyond the code.
- Hosting a website
- Using a content management system (CMS)
- Keeping a site running after launch
For a deeper walk through each area, read CHS-WDEV1 Exam Domains 2026: Complete Guide to All 4 Content Areas. Now, here is a sample pacing plan that fits the domains to a roughly four-week runway before your scheduled date. Adjust it to your own timeline; it is a suggestion, not an official schedule.
JavaScript in HTML
- Start here because Domains 2 and 3 both lean on it
- Practice tracing callback code by hand
jQuery
- Drill selectors and event handlers until you can write them without a reference
- Remember no reference sheet will be provided on exam day
Storing and Collecting Data
- Work through forms and API request patterns
- Review JSON, cookies, and local storage from the preparation curriculum
Build and Maintain a Website, then full review
- Cover hosting and CMS concepts
- Take timed practice sets of 45 questions in 90 minutes
CodeHS also lists a Level 1 Certification Practice course in its public catalog. That course is a preparation resource, not an additional exam domain, and it does not establish exhaustive exam coverage. For a fuller preparation plan, see CHS-WDEV1 Study Guide 2026: How to Pass on Your First Attempt, and when you want realistic timed practice, use the CHS-WDEV1 practice tests.
Accommodations and Special Requests
If you need extra support, plan this before you lock in a date, because accommodation handling can affect scheduling. Extended-time and read-aloud accommodations are supported. Other accommodation requests require platform review, which means they may not be approved instantly. If you suspect you will need something beyond extended time or read-aloud, raise it with your teacher early so there is time for the review to complete before your intended exam day.
If you are weighing the credential for career reasons while you sort out logistics, CHS-WDEV1 Jobs and CHS-WDEV1 Salary Guide 2026: Complete Earnings Analysis are worth a read, though keep expectations realistic for an entry-level web development credential.
Frequently Asked Questions
No single national calendar is published. The exam is taken online, at home or at school, with a teacher or authorized proctor monitoring through the CodeHS Certifications app and Proctor Dashboard, so your date is arranged locally with your school or proctor.
The practical deadline is the end of your school or district's contract term. Unused vouchers expire at that point and do not roll over to the next school year, so plan to finish, including any retake, before the term ends.
Results are released within 36 hours on school days. They include an overall score and a topic-level performance report, and successful candidates receive a downloadable certificate that expires after 10 years.
Yes. There is no numerical limit on retakes, but each attempt uses one purchased voucher, so every additional attempt requires another voucher from your school or district.
No. The 90-minute exam must be completed in one sitting, so choose a time block when you can work without interruption.
Ready to see how your preparation measures up against the 45-question format? Work through the CHS-WDEV1 practice tests under a 90-minute timer before you confirm your date with your proctor.