REA study guide question/help

[cookderosa]

Thank you, Jennifer. It does make me wonder, with all these positive reviews that seem to date back to the time frames you mentioned, if they are still reliable resources.

It's hard to say. I follow test results closely, I've read almost every post here for nearly a decade- we have a LOT of testers and beyond InstantCert, the more popular resources are REA and Peterson's. What I can't quite figure out, is among some tests- let's use US History 1- there hasn't been a revision since 2001. That's a LONG time, so in theory, nothings changed. But, what we don't know, is if Peterson's has changed. Have they revised? If so, why? I will tell you with the REA we used, it was the current edition, but in the case of Info Systems, there was a revision, so again, in theory, only the most current edition should have been appropriate. In short- I don't know. I don't even know how often IC updates their material.
What I DO know, is that all CLEP exams (except Social Science) expire in 2018, which opens the door for even more revisions.
For me, it's not a matter of finding study material, it's a matter of finding reliable assessments to see if a person is ready. When the assessments say "yes, you're on target" you have to either trust them or not. Before November, I was SUPER trusting of REA and Peterson's results/assessment as reliable and valid....not feeling that way right now.