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

[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_web/l..._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%

[clep3705]

This has been discussed at length many times over the years. Using the search feature will provide you with several good discussions on this topic. Quick recap: Pass rates may be skewed downward because of people testing with no preparation because it's free to them.

[ryoder]

Ok sorry. Yeah that does make sense on the low pass rate.

[Yenisei]

I never studied for a single CLEP or DSST when I was in the Army (I took 22 of them).

[NAP]

Thank you for sharing this! Since the list gets updated yearly, it's nice to see the most recent report. I bet that a lot of our new members haven't seen it before and it can be pretty eye-opening.

[slimcustomer]

I never studied for a single CLEP or DSST when I was in the Army (I took 22 of them).

Very smart! How did you do on the tests with low passage rates? Did you end up passing them all?

[Yenisei]

I should have taken more exams than I did, and I didn't take ones I had any doubts I would pass, and I did pass them all. From my transcript, here is my list:

CLEP

Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
German Language
Western Civ I and II
US History I and II
Soc Sci & History
Humanities
Calculus
Freshman College Composition

DSST

Money & Banking
Intro to Business
Civil War and Reconstruction
Human Cultural Geography
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Supervision
Here's to Your Health
Astronomy
Personal Finance
History of Europe since 1945

After I left the Army, I took Intro Bus Law and Bus Law II, which I did study for. Of the bunch I took while I was in the Army, I think only Calculus and Money & Banking can be considered difficult exams, and I had previously had Calculus in high school several years before.

[15%Luck]

What's with the 0% pass rate for Biz math??

I've never heard of that being a terribly difficult exam?

[ryoder]

I actually like studying for these even if some of them I might have been able to pass even just barely.
Of course I walked into the computer applications one without studying but thats different since I work in the industry.
Marketing was super easy but was fun to study and I did learn a little about how marketers think.

[aircav]

I would expect to see a change now that DoD has made CLEPs one attempt free then pay for the pass.

Aircav