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Direct linkLópez, Omar S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This article highlights the College Level Examination Program -- or CLEP -- from the College Board, as another pathway for students to earn college credits toward degree completion. The renewal of interest in alternative pathways to degree attainment has come about in response to yet another round of national studies reporting declining rates of…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Credits, Equivalency Tests, Community Colleges
Coad, Bruce E. – ADE Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, English Education
Download full textTurner, Anita P. – 1993
A study was conducted at North Shore Community College (NSCC) to determine whether there was a particular score on the General Education Development (GED) Writing Skills Test that would predict a passing score for GED recipients on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General English Composition Examination. A total of 73 GED recipients…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Equivalency Tests
Peer reviewedArcher, J. Andrew; Nickens, Harry C. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1977
Virginia Western Community College reviewed its policy concerning the grant of academic credit for successful completion of CLEP general examinations, finding that the CLEP examinations were questionable in terms of content validity, produced low correlations with subsequent course grades, and were not always acceptable for transfer credit at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Content Analysis
Reichheld, Charles A., III – 1991
At Cuyahoga Community College (CCC), the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) for Introductory Macroeconomics Test was evaluated to determine if it was an effective tool for providing credit by examination for the college's Principles of Economics course. Though students at the present time (1991) can take the CLEP to obtain up to 45 credits…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Concurrent Validity, Economics Education, Equivalency Tests
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1987
The use of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) was evaluated by the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission. In addition to a comprehensive analysis of research studies relating to CLEP conducted in various states, CLEP policies at state universities and community colleges in Florida were examined. Perceptions of Florida…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Credits, College Students, Community Colleges
Losak, John – 1978
Two studies investigated the effects of earning college credits for freshman year courses--as a result of performance on the College Level Examination Program's (CLEP) General Examinations--on later academic success. These are multiple choice tests of English composition, social science, natural science, humanities, and mathematics. Both studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Equivalency Tests
Ozaki, Roger H. – 1978
A random sample of 100 students who had participated in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) at DeKalb Community College (Georgia) was compared with 100 non-CLEP students on factors of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, grade point average, academic units earned, and age. CLEP students averaged a SAT verbal score of 560 and 490 on math…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Age, College Credits, Community Colleges
