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Download full textGodfrey, Kelly E.; Jagesic, Sanja – College Board, 2016
The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) is a computer-based prior-learning assessment that allows examinees the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of knowledge and skills necessary to earn postsecondary course credit in higher education. Currently, there are 33 exams in five subject areas: composition and literature, world languages,…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Test Validity, Scores, Mathematics Tests
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
Schroeder, Lee L.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Tests were normed on a national basis, administering the test to nationwide samples of subjects. Norms appear in the booklet, CLEP Scores: Interpretation and Use, and consist of the test score means for groups of students receiving grades of A, B, C, D, and F in the relevant course, the proportion of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Decision Making, Equivalency Tests, Error Patterns
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)
Coleman, D. R.; And Others – 1978
The claim that using the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) English General Examinations in lieu of regular English composition courses contributes to lowering of the quality of higher education was investigated by determining whether the level of achievement in the CLEP English Examination was related either to the frequency in which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, College Curriculum, College English
Dodd, 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
Appenzellar, Anne B.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1982
The College Board's Spanish Listening-Reading Test, designed to measure student ability and knowledge, is required of all students with previous knowledge of Spanish, however acquired, who have no college credit in Spanish and who intend to enroll in University of Texas, Austin, Spanish course. With satisfactory performance on the test, eligible…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Cutting Scores, Equivalency Tests
Kelley, H. Paul – 1973
The Subject Examination in Analysis and Interpretation of Literature from the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), was administered to 188 English literature students, to determine the appropriate score range for granting credit for their course. Scores ranged from 32 to 75 out of a possible range of 20 to 80, the average score was 51.52. The…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cutting Scores, English Literature, Equivalency Tests
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
Moulder, Brad; Abdulla, Abdulbaset; Morgan, Deanna L. – College Board, 2005
The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) consists of a battery of 34 tests covering courses in which entering college students often enroll. CLEP exams are tools that help accredited colleges and universities provide course requirement exemptions to students who have gained outside-the-classroom knowledge of certain subjects. Students may…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Testing Programs, Prior Learning, Advanced Placement
