Wow - Saylor now has 34 FREE credits available!!

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I shuddered at the stupid announcements made by TESC and Saylor this past week. The NCCRS-approved courses have been around for awhile (like a year or more). The ACE-approved courses have been around for several months. Saylor has always been free, but you always had to pay $25 to take a proctored exam. TESC made an announcement about a partnership to accept 34 credits from Saylor, but this is not anything new. TESC has LONG accepted ACE and NCCRS-approved courses. They've probably been accepting them since before I was born....in the 80s!

I think it is important to clarify some terminology. Their courses are not aligned with ACE and NCCRS; they are recommended for credit by ACE and NCCRS. That means they are worth credit on their own. When they say their courses are aligned with SL, CLEP, Uexcel, TECEP, etc., it means that you can use their materials to study for these courses/tests. You still have to pay for these courses/tests. The 34 credits they are bragging about are ACE and NCCRS-approved. They aren't referring to the credit-aligned courses because tests and Straighterline courses cost nearly $100 or more.