Prior learning assessment (PLA) is the process of evaluating learning, regardless of when or where the learning occurred, and, if the learning is at the college level, awarding college credit to the possessor of that learning. This article provides an overview of the PLA program at a large public U.S. institution and presents the findings of the…

Two studies investigated the comparability of scores from paper-and-pencil and computer-administered versions of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinations in mathematics and English composition. The first study used a prototype computer-administered version on each examination for 94 students for mathematics and 116 for…

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…

This study investigated the question of whether those students who earned credits for basic courses through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinations achieved the same level of academic performance in advanced courses as those who took the basic courses in the traditional manner. (Editor)

The history and institutional use of cutoff scores is reviewed, emphasizing the changes in these scores used over the years and the rationale used in selecting cutoff scores. A brief description of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is provided, as is background about how it works. Cutoff score recommendations of the American Council on…

General examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) were administered in Fall 1968 to 333 students who had entered the University of Washington as freshmen in Fall 1966 and had completed 80-100 credits by Spring 1968. The tests were conducted to measure proficiency in lower division studies, particularly in the areas of natural…

Considers the good and bad points of the three composition tests in the CLEP program. Finds that the Freshman English Subject Examination is a better over-all test than the General Examination in English Composition or the English Composition Examination. (RL)

The Dallas Public Library and Southern Methodist University have joined forces to aid College-Level Examination Program learning center. (Editor)

This project examines the suitability of the General Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) as an alternative battery to the Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for the admission of vocational education teachers to master's level study of vocational education. The CLEP battery and the College Entrance…

The Measurement and Evaluation Center coordinates credit by examination at the University of Texas at Austin. Credit earned by examination is equivalent to credit earned by taking the course, but cannot be counted as credit earned in residence. To receive credit by examination, the student must also meet all other conditions of eligibility…

The Web-based standard setting (WBSS) system described in Harvey and Way (1999) provides an online, Internet-based alternative for testing programs that use onsite judgmental standard setting studies to set their cut scores. Standard setting studies using the WBSS system were compared to similar onsite studies of two exams in the College-Level…

This book is based on a national invitational colloquium that took place in March, 1979, at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. The colloquium was sponsored by the College Board in cooperation with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) of the Big Ten Universities and the University of Chicago. It afforded an opportunity for…

The use of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) was evaluated by the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission. In addition to a comprehensive analysis of research studies relating to CLEP conducted in various states, CLEP policies at state universities and community colleges in Florida were examined. Perceptions of Florida…