07-24-2009, 05:51 PM
Which DSSTs give letter grades for Excelsior? I thought they switched to all pass/fail credits.
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07-24-2009, 06:26 PM
argentnox Wrote:Which DSSTs give letter grades for Excelsior? I thought they switched to all pass/fail credits.Thank goodness they haven't! Right now, Excelsior gives letter grades for all Dantes exams scored on the 2-digit system. The score-grade equivalents vary depending on the test, but generally speaking, a score in the mid-50s gets you an A. When Prometric refreshes a Dantes exam, the scoring system changes from 2-digit to 3-digit. I don't know why Excelsior doesn't re-evaluate the exam to set new cut scores, unless they'd prefer we paid them to take letter-graded ECEs instead. (ya think?)
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07-24-2009, 11:59 PM
Yah, I do wonder if they realize how "refreshed" sounds (i.e. "bad") to those of us in the know. Take them while you can get them.
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CLEP Intro to Sociology 74 CLEP Principles of Marketing 78 CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications 75 CLEP Intro to Psychology 80 CLEP Intro Business Law 72 CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics 73 CLEP A & I Lit 75 CLEP Principles of Microeconomics 72 CLEP Financial Accounting 62 DSST Ethics in America 468 DSST MIS 482 CLEP Natural Science 72 DSST Org Behavior 80 DSST Finance 462
07-27-2009, 12:35 PM
Oh, so how do we know what constitutes an A? I was under the impression that all of the tests (CLEP and DSSTs) were just pass/fail. I took Principles of Supervision and got a 53/46. Does anyone know what letter grade that would be? I am going to have to retake it if that is not an A. :eek:
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argentnox Wrote:Oh, so how do we know what constitutes an A? I was under the impression that all of the tests (CLEP and DSSTs) were just pass/fail. I took Principles of Supervision and got a 53/46. Does anyone know what letter grade that would be? I am going to have to retake it if that is not an A. :eek:Excelsior gives letter grades for the non-refreshed DSSTs and for ECEs; refreshed DSSTs and all CLEPs are pass/fail only. Download the 2009 version of Excelsior's "Student Guide to Credit by Exam at Excelsior College & The Assessment Catalog" from their publications page (login not required). Section 3 of the publication lists the CLEPs and DSSTs scores required for credit. For the DSSTs that get letter grades, there's a breakdown of the scores required for C's, B's, and A's. As an example, the scores required for DSST General Anthropology are 47 for a C, 50 for a B, and 55 for an A. For Principles of Supervision, it's 46/48/51 - so your score of 53 would be an A at Excelsior (and a Pass credit anywhere else). (FIXED: because I really do know the difference between refreshed and non-refreshed, oops... )
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