1/2 the CLEP exams just revised

[runningtherace2]

Wow!!! Yes-- thanks soo much for the alert!

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Hey all testers!

Just got this alert via a CLEP email group. Here is what the email said:

"Big news- we just saw a MAJOR revision of half of the ENTIRE CLEP CATALOG. 16 of their exams set to expire November 30, 2018, just appeared in the ACE catalog as revised and updated!! Only after we start hearing back from parents will we have a better idea of "how" these changes impact content. Please share in your CLEP communities immediately.

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American Government 7/1/01-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/01/2018-11/30/2023

Calculus 10/1/12-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/01/2018-11/30/2023

Chemistry 7/1/01-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

College Composition (essay) 7/1/10-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

College Modular (no essay) 3/1/15-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

English Literature 3/1/15-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

French Language 3/1/15-11/30/18 -> 12/12018-11/30/2023

History of the United States I 7/1/01-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

History of the United States II 7/1/01-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Human Growth and Development 11/1/06-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/12018-11/30/2023

Humanities 3/1/15-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Intro. Educational Psychology 10/1/12-11/30/18 ->REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Intro. Business Law 5/1/02-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Intro. Psychology 10/1/12-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Intro. Sociology 10/1/12-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

Natural Sciences 7/1/01-11/30/18 -> REVISED EXAM 12/1/2018-11/30/2023

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ACE is the third-party review organization that colleges use to decide if a class or exam is "worth" college credit or not. In other words, CLEP exams are worth college credit because they have undergone review by ACE.

When ACE reviews an exam, they always reassign a date range for that review. At the ending date, the exam must be reviewed again or removed. The exam can be renewed and extended when there isn't a significant change in content. As an example, we've watched the Biology exam renew since 2001. As such, we can feel confident that the exam has not changed that much since 2001 because the date simply keeps getting extended for another 3-year cycle. (indicating no change)

It's an imperfect system, but one that we can use to watch what the College Board is doing behind the scenes. They don't usually announce exam revisions, but we can figure out if we watch the dates in the ACE database.

Some exam revisions are significant (when Social Sciences and History completely changed their content in 2016) or slight. We don't know what is coming, but we can report what we learn as a group. This kind of feedback loop helps all parents help each other.

All date ranges and the history of date ranges are available by searching the ACE Database.

Currently, 33 exams are evaluated for college credit."

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So this is the info I received. The author of this email is Jennifer Cook-DeRosa, and the posting date was Dec. 4, 2018. The author hosts a website called Homeschooling for College Credit and can be found at this link: https://homeschoolingforcollegecredit.com/

Wanted to share this as quickly as possible! Many of you may already have heard about it through other media, but I wanted to share this for those who may not.

I guess we'll just have to see what these revised ones are like. Looks like it's occurred before.

Anyway. Hope everybody's having a good fall semester!

Whoops! Sorry about the duplicate. Should've searched the forum more thoroughly first, I guess. Y'all can delete the duplicate thread I began if y'all would like