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A Comparison of CLEP® and Non-CLEP Students with Respect to Postsecondary Outcomes. Research Note 2013-9
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Barry, Carol L. – College Board, 2013
The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) is an exam program consisting of 33 exams in five subject areas that typically correspond to single-semester courses, but some correspond to full-year or two-year courses. CLEP exams offer students the opportunity to receive college course credit for learning that has already occurred outside of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Credits, Educational Testing, Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning--Normative Assessment or Co-Construction of Preferred Identities?
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Hamer, Jen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) has been an important element of Australia's Vocational Education and Training (VET) policy since it was officially adopted as a key national principle in 1991 (VEETAC 1991, cited in Wilson and Lilly 1996:2). The aim of RPL is to formally assess a person's skills gained through life and work experience, in order…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Recognition (Achievement), Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Documenting and Explaining Major Field Test Results among Undergraduate Students
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Contreras, Salvador; Badua, Frank; Chen, Jiun Shiu; Adrian, Mitchell – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The authors investigated the results of the Educational Testing Service Major Field Test (ETS-MFT) administered to business majors at a U.S. state university. Longitudinal trends and cross-sectional differences are documented, including significant performance differences among students of different majors. Findings suggest that a cohort affect…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Test Results, Academic Achievement
A Web-Based Model for Developing Assessment Literacy of Secondary In-Service Teachers
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Fan, Ya-Ching; Wang, Tzu-Hua; Wang, Kuo-Hua – Computers & Education, 2011
This research investigates the effect of a web-based model, named "Practicing, Reflecting, and Revising with Web-based Assessment and Test Analysis system (P2R-WATA) Assessment Literacy Development Model," on enhancing assessment knowledge and perspectives of secondary in-service teachers, and adopts a single group experimental research…
Descriptors: Research Design, Test Items, Summer Programs, Prior Learning
Using Technology to Facilitate the Accreditation of Prior and Experiential Learning in Developing Personalised Work-Based Learning Programmes. A Case Study Involving the University of Derby, UK
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Haldane, Andrew; Wallace, John – European Journal of Education, 2009
This article recognises the well-established processes available to educators for the validation of competence, however acquired, and suggests that these mechanisms could be deployed more frequently in future. This proposition is based on employers' adoption of work-based learning strategies that focus on learning outcomes rather than on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Testing, Experiential Learning
The CLEP Program: An Evaluation and Assessment at a Small Private University
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Beaver, William; Paul, Stephen T. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2007
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) created the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) in 1965 and over the years it has become a staple of American higher education. In order to better understand the ramifications of the CLEP program, this article provides a brief history of CLEP and reexamines some of the findings of earlier research. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grade Point Average, Private Colleges, Educational Testing