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Download full textTurner, Anita P. – 1993
A study was conducted at North Shore Community College (NSCC) to determine whether there was a particular score on the General Education Development (GED) Writing Skills Test that would predict a passing score for GED recipients on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General English Composition Examination. A total of 73 GED recipients…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Equivalency Tests
Allan, Henry C., Jr. – Community College Frontiers, 1978
Considers the Nontraditional Learning Program at Moraine Valley Community College which utilizes paraprofessionals in College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Seminars, television and newspaper courses, and independent learning. Points out that despite problems involved with paraprofessional staff, the over-all benefits more than compensate for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary Services, Community Colleges, Helping Relationship
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
Reichheld, Charles A., III – 1991
At Cuyahoga Community College (CCC), the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) for Introductory Macroeconomics Test was evaluated to determine if it was an effective tool for providing credit by examination for the college's Principles of Economics course. Though students at the present time (1991) can take the CLEP to obtain up to 45 credits…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Concurrent Validity, Economics Education, Equivalency Tests
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
Ozaki, Roger H. – 1978
A random sample of 100 students who had participated in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) at DeKalb Community College (Georgia) was compared with 100 non-CLEP students on factors of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, grade point average, academic units earned, and age. CLEP students averaged a SAT verbal score of 560 and 490 on math…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Age, College Credits, Community Colleges
Young, James; Healy, Therman – 1975
During summer 1975, Cochise College surveyed 150 (96 responded) community colleges in the six regional accrediting associations to determine their practices in granting credit for non-traditional learning experiences. The study had four objectives: to compare the practices of the North Central association, to which Cochise College belongs, with…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Credits, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
