The American Council on Education (ACE) recommends a credit-granting score of 50 for each CLEP exam. This is a scaled score, equivalent to earning a C in the relevant course. The corresponding raw score (number of questions answered correctly) is determined after a panel of college faculty who teach the equivalent course perform a detailed and rigorous review of exam content. The panel of faculty also recommend a scaled score that is equivalent to a grade of B. Although most colleges and universities use the ACE-recommended credit-granting score and ACE does not recommend this B score, it's provided to some schools that print grade equivalents for CLEP exams on student transcripts or some highly specialized programs that require a higher passing score. The recommended B-level score for each exam is shown below.
Business
Exam Title |
B-Level Score |
---|
Financial Accounting |
65 |
Information Systems |
66 |
Introductory Business Law |
57 |
Principles of Management |
63 |
Principles of Marketing |
65 |
Composition & Literature
Exam Title |
B-Level Score |
---|
American Literature |
53 |
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
59 |
College Composition |
59 |
College Composition Modular |
60 |
English Literature |
63 |
Humanities |
55 |
History & Social Sciences
Exam Title |
B-Level Score |
---|
American Government |
64 |
History of the United States I |
61 |
History of the United States II |
60 |
Human Growth and Development |
58 |
Introduction to Educational Psychology |
63 |
Introductory Psychology |
55 |
Introductory Sociology |
56 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
62 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
64 |
Social Sciences and History |
63 |
Western Civilization I |
55 |
Western Civilization II |
54 |
Science & Mathematics
Exam Title |
B-Level Score |
---|
Biology |
56 |
Calculus |
64 |
Chemistry |
66 |
College Algebra |
63 |
College Mathematics |
63 |
Natural Sciences |
66 |
Precalculus |
61 |
World Languages*
Exam Title |
B-Level Score |
---|
French Language Level 1 Proficiency |
64 |
French Language Level 2 Proficiency |
69 |
German Language Level 1 Proficiency |
59 |
German Language Level 2 Proficiency |
67 |
Spanish Language Level 1 Proficiency |
56 |
Spanish Language Level 2 Proficiency |
68 |
Spanish with Writing Level 1 Proficiency |
58 |
Spanish with Writing Level 2 Proficiency |
71 |
* For each of the world languages, there is only one exam covering both Level 1 and 2 content. ACE recommends 6 semester hours of credit for mastery of Level 1 content (a score of 50) and 9 semester hours of credit for mastery of both Levels 1 and 2 (a score of 59 on French Language, 60 on German Language, 63 on Spanish Language, and 65 on Spanish with Writing).