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The College-Level Examination Program, unlike Advanced Placement, is not built around a curriculum, but rather is designed to test students’ knowledge on a variety of college-level subjects, regardless of where they may have learned the material. CLEP exams are developed by committees of college faculty who design questions based on what is typically covered in lower-level college courses and who set passing standards for the exams (scores are no longer based on studies of student performance in college courses). With the new computer-based tests, new questions are constantly being added, especially in rapidly-changing fields such as Computer Science. The typical passing score on computer-based CLEP exams for general education purposes is 50, although paper and pencil versions will be different.
» More information about CLEP can be found online at www.collegeboard.com/highered/clep.
Effective July 2007, ACC approved guidelines and guaranteed minimum award for Credit-by-Exam postsecondary course and credit equivalents. New exams and revisions included.
- The passing score has changed for the Spanish Language CLEP exam. Students who earn a score of 63 on this exam are now guaranteed additional credit.
Effective Spring, 2007, Florida's State Board of Education and Board of Governors approved new credit-by-exam guidelines and minimum credit recommendations for postsecondary course and credit equivalents. (Note: Board of Governors approval is pending). Based on a careful review of exam content, the following revision was made to the CLEP guidelines:
- Financial Accounting exam was approved.
Note: The 2006 list did not include CLEP Financial Accounting which became available in January 2007. CLEP Financial Accounting assesses student mastery of the skills and concepts required for success in a first-semester financial accounting course. The new exam will replace CLEP Principles of Accounting, which will be discontinued on June 30, 2007. The new exam is comprised of 75 questions. Financial Accounting is 90 minutes in length and administered via computer. The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended a credit-granting score of 50 for this examination. For more information, please visit:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_fa.html
Effective August 15, 2006, Florida's State Board of Education and Board of Governors approved new credit-by-exam guidelines and minimum credit recommendations for postsecondary course and credit equivalents. Based on a careful review of exam content, the following revisions were made to the CLEP guidelines:
- The passing score has changed for the eight CLEP exams listed below. Students who earn a score of 50 on these exams are now guaranteed credit.
- History of the United States I
- History of the United States II
- Human Growth and Development
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Psychology, Introductory
- Western Civilization I
- Western Civilization II
- Humanities exam was approved.
- Precalculus exam was approved.
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