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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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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