Professional Development
CLEP Online Training Sessions
CLEP has launched a series of new professional development webinars. These free sessions are designed to meet the needs of faculty and testing professionals. Topics will be useful to those on campuses just beginning to use CLEP and to those who have more specific needs and questions.
All sessions last approximately one hour. Select session titles to view dates and times and to register.
Session Descriptions
Session Title |
Description |
| CLEP Overview | This session is designed to provide an overview of the College Level Examination Program known as CLEP. Topics will include the types and design of CLEP Exams, the benefits for both students and institutions, the process of adopting a CLEP policy for your campus, and ideas on publicizing the CLEP opportunity for your students. |
| Adopting CLEP on Your Campus | This session is designed to discuss the steps involved in adopting a CLEP for your campus including faculty review of the available exams, recommendations on accepted cut scores, and matching course credits to appropriate exams. Suggestions for publicizing the availability of credit by CLEP exam will be discussed. |
| Advising Students About CLEP | This session will review best practices for advising students on the availability of CLEP Exams. Topics will include review of your CLEP acceptance policy, identifying possible candidates for exams, review of study resources available, and suggestions for publicizing your CLEP policy. |
| Test Center Operations | This session will highlight the processes and procedures necessary to operate the CLEP testing software as well as comply with test security and other required policies. |
| CLEP College Composition Exams | This session will highlight the newly released College Composition and College Composition Modular exams. Discussion will focus on changes and enhancement from previous exams as well as credit granting recommendations. |
| CLEP Reliability and Validity | This session will review research which establishes the reliability and validity of CLEP Exams. The process of validating an institution's chosen cut scores through an Accepted Class Evaluation Study (ACES) will also be discussed. |
| CLEP for Military Members and Veterans | Highlights the benefits available to active duty military service members, veterans, and eligible spouses for taking CLEP Exams at no charge. |
| CLEP Math and Science Exams | This session will highlight CLEP's Math and Science exams, which can be used to accelerate the progress of students in STEM majors. Discussion will focus on content coverage and credit-granting recommendations. |