Thread: Wow. Found a pass rate document online, shows pass rates for CLEP and DSST

I posted this in its own thread a while back. Some mod decided to move it into an old post so everyone ignored it. Attached are pass rates for both MILITARY and CIVILIAN test takers. The civilian rates are from college campuses.

Feel free to compare. As you can see military testers do outperform civilians in some tests.

Originally Posted by ryoder

I found this while searching for finance related info for dsst.
I don't know much about it other than it looks reasonable from what I have heard.
I was told when I passed American Govt that it had the lowest pass rate of all the cleps so that makes sense.

http://www.dantes.doded.mil/dantes_w...ased_exams.pdf

I pasted the contents here in case the pdf is lost at some point.


FY10 PASS RATES COMPUTER-BASED
TESTING PROGRAM TEST NAME VOLUME PASS RATE
CLEP
07 - COL MATH 5,252 39%
08 - ENG COMP 4,558 29%
81 - ANALY & INT LIT 4,478 67%
11 - COL ALG 3,385 17%
74 - PRIN OF MGT 3,086 30%
77 - SPANISH 2,788 86%
71 - FRESH COL COM 2,767 62%
04 - HUMANITIES 2,598 30%
05 - SOC SCI & HIST 2,151 40% 68 - INFOSYS & CA 1,885 54%
80 - HIST OF US I 1,767 29%
31 - INTRO SOCIO 1,643 43%
70 - INTRO PSYCH 1,633 47%
02 - NAT SCIENCES 1,566 41%
30 - AMER GOVT 1,465 24%
79 - HIST OF US II 1,412 30%
09 - ENG COMP/ESSAY 1,274 41%
92 - COL CPMP MOD ECBT 1,274 71%
18 - BIOLOGY 977 33%
14 - HUM GRO & DEV 727 23%
91 - COL COMP ECBT 622 55%
69 - PRIN OF MKTG 595 61%
73 - MICROECON 573 25%
65 - WEST CIV I 567 47%
72 - MACROECON 564 26%
37 - AMER LIT 550 17%
20 - ENG LIT 365 27%
66 - WEST CIV II 363 42%
17 - INTRO BUS LAW 283 25%
89 - FINANCIAL ACCOU 210 13%
26 - CHEMISTRY 190 8%
76 - FRENCH 182 52%
67 - INTRO ED PSY 176 18%
75 - GERMAN 174 56%
87 - PRECALCULUS 157 35%
62- CALCULUS 73 26%

DSST 474 - ETHICS IN AMERICA 3,792 35%
532 - PRINCIPLES OF SUP 2,766 91%
536 - INTRO TO COMPUTING 2,698 57%
508 - HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH 1,476 48%
530 - HUMAN RES MGMT 1,208 60%
495 - SUBSTANCE ABUSE 1,197 39%
531 - ORG BEHAVIOR 954 50%
496 - INTRO TO WORLD RELIG 840 33%
511 - ENV AND HUMANITY 657 63%
424 - FUND OF COL ALGEBRA 600 13%
551 - MGMT INFO SYS 585 45%
470 - HUMAN CULTURAL GEO 578 42%
497 - INTRO TO LAW ENF 573 59%
543 - INTROTO BUSINESS 555 72%
820 - TECHNICAL WRITING 552 73%
483 - THE CIVIL WAR AND REC 526 40%
450 - PRINCIPLES OF STAT 409 32%
490 - LIFESPAN DEV PSY 364 33%
498 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE 354 28%
512 - PRINCIP OF PHY SCI 320 59%
550 - PERSONAL FINANCE 304 43%
473 - HIST OF THE VIETNAM WAR 283 33%
500 - ASTRONOMY 269 59%
562 - FUND OF COUNSELING 242 57%
471 - RISE FALL OF THE SOV UN 227 38%
524 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE 193 18%
548 - MONEY AND BANKING 189 21%
812 - BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 182 0%
494 - GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY 170 39%
534 - BUSINESS LAW II 165 49%
469 - INTRO TO MOD MID EAST 157 34%
525 - PRINCIP OF FINAN ACCT 141 21%
519 - PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 136 10%
461 - ART IN THE WESTERN WLD 122 34%
475 - BUSINESS ETH AND SOC 105 70%
489 - FOUNDATIONS OF ED 80 55%
465 - WEST EUR SINCE 1945 71 45%
834 - PRINCIP OF PUB SPEAK 10 70%
829 - PRINCIP OF PUB SPEAK 6 67%
833 - PRINCIP OF PUB SPEAK 5 20%
832 - PRINCIP OF PUB SPEAK 3 33%

DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF I ONLY GET 33% CORRECT ON MY BIOLOGY TEST I'LL PASS?

Brownies
(I'll be taking the bio test tomorrow

Originally Posted by ilovebrownies

DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF I ONLY GET 33% CORRECT ON MY BIOLOGY TEST I'LL PASS?

Brownies
(I'll be taking the bio test tomorrow

No, it means that of the people who took the Biology exam, only 33% passed. As I've said in another thread, don't let that worry you too much. Military members tend to take these things with very little to no study since it doesn't cost them anything. That's where you get numbers like that 33%.

If you look at the one that blu2blue posted of both base and campus exams, it shows a pass rate of 50% for Biology. Still not great, but you have to realize that most people don't know about all the great resources you've already used to study with.

Provided you don't freak yourself out too much and have honestly prepared for the exam, you'll do fine.

blu2blu, Those are not civilian test scores, but rather test scores from military taken at civilian centers. While Military testers can take exams at civilians sites, they usually have to pay an admin fee even though the actual cost is waived. The actual overall DSST and CLEP pass rates are considered proprietary and are unlikely to be released.

Croc,

Those were my thoughts about releasing civilian pass rates as well. I am only relaying what I was told.