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CLEP and the Great Credit Giveaway
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Stecher, Carl A. – Change, 1977
The astonishing success rate for students taking the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests has resulted in large numbers of college sophomores who have never been freshmen. Implications of this fact are discussed along with an assessment of the CLEP examinations themselves. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs
Credit-by-examination Games
Carine, Edwin T. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1976
Many high schools offer the Advanced Placement Program of college level courses validated by external examinations. This program was supplemented eight years ago by the College Level Examination Program designed to measure nontraditional learning, opening a new field of academic gamesmanship. The following article describes these games. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits