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Download full textSchroeder, 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
Sharon, Amiel T. – 1971
The use and validity of the tests of General Educational Development and the College-Level Examination Program, two measures by which adults with nontraditional educational backgrounds can demonstrate their previous educational achievement, are discussed. (AG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
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
