Clep raw scores

[Shark101]

Does anyone here know what your raw score has to be in order to obtain a scaled score of 50, I hear that it can vary with each test? If you think you know you answered 30-40 questions is that a good sign you passed?
Thanks

[ShotoJuku]

[SIZE="3"]In general, when your raw score is roughly 50% correct answers then you should be hitting the ACE 50 passing mark. GOOD LUCK!! [/SIZE]

[Frank]

CLEP awards points based on the level of difficulty of the test question. Also, CLEP is always testing out new questions so some of the questions that you answer even though you don't know which ones won't effect your test grade at all. This is why they call it a raw score. The actual number of test questions that one has to pass for a particular exam is known only to CLEP.

[sirjake]

CLEP awards points based on the level of difficulty of the test question. Also, CLEP is always testing out new questions so some of the questions that you answer even though you don't know which ones won't effect your test grade at all. This is why they call it a raw score. The actual number of test questions that one has to pass for a particular exam is known only to CLEP.

Dude, I don't mean to be rude by continually correcting you, but I think you're wrong again. CLEP does not purport to award points based on the difficulty of the question:

First, your “raw score” was calculated. This is the number of points you earned, based on the number of questions you answered correctly. This means that your raw score increased by one point for each question answered correctly, and no points were gained or lost when a question was not answered or was answered incorrectly.

You get a point for every correctly answered question. I've read numerous times to pass over difficult questions if you aren't sure and return to them later because all questions are worth the same.

From:
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloa...scores.pdf

[snazzlefrag]

You get a point for every correctly answered question. I've read numerous times to pass over difficult questions if you aren't sure and return to them later because all questions are worth the same.

I agree!

All questions are worth the same, regardless of difficulty.

So you should not spend too much time trying to figure out a tough question. Mark it, and move on. Then if you have any time left after you have answered ALL the easy ones ("low hanging fruit"), you can go back and attempt the difficult ones you marked earlier.

Example:
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1) What is 2+2?
(equals one point)

2) What is the cubed root of 719! * 322! * 128! + 127.3625?
(also equals one point)

I know which one I would answer first! :p

[sirjake]

Yeah, numerous times I've had sections of a CLEP where it seemed like they were trying to make you lose your mind toward the middle/end. I'd pass it over and run into seven to nine easy questions at the end of the test. If I'd taken forever on those harder questions in the middle, I'd have never gotten to the easy ones at the end. Always, always, always keep moving if one is taking forever. I remember one question in particular on the math test that while not that hard if you knew a formula, took forever to just figure out by deduction. I skipped it over then since I had twelve minutes at the end, went back and figured it out when I was done reviewing everything else. It took me literally 7 minutes of trial and error for that one question (which I'm confident that I got right), but had I tried to figure it out right then I would have probably stressed out for the rest of the test and might not have finished the easy questions at the end.

[libartsmgr]

Y'all, the key thing to keep in mind is that no matter what the raw score, it will always be normalized. CLEP is normalized to what a two-semester C student would average.

Yes, some questions are harder than others - it's the mix of questions that go into each form. There's a whole field of experts called Psychometricians whose sole job is to determine the difficulty of test items and recommend the spread across forms to ensure they're normalized.

I work for one of the big 3 companies in standardized testing, we develop all kinds of assesements - all normalized. But we don't develop or score the CLEP or DSST - bummer.

It is good to keep track of those you think you've gotten right on the exam so you can guage where you stand, but don't get caught up in the raw score. And remember, sometimes content of another question can help you decide if you got an earlier question correct or not.