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Chapman, David Q.; Hargrett, Nancy T. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
CLEP has been criticized for recommending cut-off scores so low that students who do not deserve credit are receiving credit, "the great credit giveaway." Investigation of the CLEP Examination in General Psychology suggests that the ETS recommended cut-off scores for college credit on this test may be too high. (Author)
Descriptors: College Credits, Cutting Scores, Equivalency Tests, Higher Education
Appenzellar, Anne B.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1982
Two validity studies of the College Board College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Subject Examination in Elementary Computer Programming: Fortran IV determined that CLEP scores are appropriate for granting examination credit at the University of Texas at Austin. The standard-setting administration was in the spring of 1979, with a re-evaluation…
Descriptors: Credit Courses, Engineering Education, Equivalency Tests, Grades (Scholastic)
Download full textDodd, Barbara G.; And Others – 1980
During the fall of 1979 the University of Texas Department of Government requested that the credit-by-examination program for a basic survey of American government be examined. The course, Government 310L, was developed out of previous policies and earlier validity studies of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests. The present validity…
Descriptors: Credit Courses, Equivalency Tests, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
