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| College Board Review | 10 |
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| Abraham, A. A. | 1 |
| Campbell, Jeff H. | 1 |
| Christ-Janer, Arland F. | 1 |
| Levin, Felice Michaels | 1 |
| Losak, John | 1 |
| Nolan, Donald J. | 1 |
| Pifer, Alan | 1 |
| Valentine, John A. | 1 |
| Whitaker, Urban | 1 |
| Whitney, Douglas R. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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| College Level Examination… | 5 |
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Christ-Janer, Arland F. – College Board Review, 1972
The College Board's College Level Entrance Examination and the Educational Testing Service's Advanced Placement Program allow students to earn credits for degrees without formal courses. (HS)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Equivalency Tests
Whitaker, Urban – College Board Review, 1972
San Francisco State College's new program of credit by examination enabled 38 percent of the 1971 freshmen who took the CLEP to become instant sophomores. (HS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Credits, Equivalency Tests, Higher Education
Nolan, Donald J. – College Board Review, 1972
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Educational Development
Valentine, John A. – College Board Review, 1972
Once external degree programs are fully accepted, they will further the dream of equal education for all. (HS)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Educational Development
Whitney, Douglas R. – College Board Review, 1996
Argues that the results of College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests, nationally recognized, high-quality examinations conventionally used to award college credits, should be included in students' grade point averages. This would provide important information to graduate schools. Regents College (New York) has adopted a procedure for…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Instruction, Equivalency Tests, Grade Point Average
Pifer, Alan – College Board Review, 1970
External degree programs in effect abroad and ways to implement similar programs in this country, as adapted from speech delivered at October 1970 meeting of the College Board. (Editor)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Credits, Degrees (Academic), Equivalency Tests
Abraham, A. A. – College Board Review, 1978
Even in Florida, a state most receptive to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), Black students make little use of one of the most popular time-shortened degree mechanisms. The director of Florida A & M's Test Service Bureau explains why and tells how counselors can help Black students break through educational barriers. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Acceleration, Access to Education, Advanced Placement, Black Students
Losak, John – College Board Review, 1978
The dean of institutional research at the nation's largest community college reviews the advantages and pitfalls of credit-by-examination in this report of student answers to a survey of attitudes toward the CLEP exams. Most replied that they would repeat their experiences with CLEP and judged the General Examinations to be adequate. (LBH)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Credits, College Entrance Examinations, Equivalency Tests
Campbell, Jeff H. – College Board Review, 1978
A professor's 10-year experience on the development committee for the CLEP Humanities Test provides the basis for this supportive assessment of the College Level Examination Program. Changes in tests, question selection, the value of pre-testing, and other responsibilities of development committees are discussed. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Credits, College Entrance Examinations, Equivalency Tests
Levin, Felice Michaels – College Board Review, 1984
A variety of uses of College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests has emerged, including rewarding high school seniors for competence in English and excellence in other subjects, college and university community outreach and public relations, encouraging college aspirations, student recruitment, and integration with freshman orientation. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Credits, Equivalency Tests, High Achievement, Higher Education
