Changes

The base fee for a test is $72 (as of 2009) with an additional $10 charge if the exam has a writing section. As part of the military's focus on education, '''''there is no charge to service members or veterans for taking CLEP exams'''''.<ref>Reimbursement is available if any fees are charged by a testing center.  See the CLEP website for details.</ref> Testing centers are also allowed to collect a fee to cover the costs of test administration. While the College Board recommends that the administrative charge be around $15, each center has the discretionary authority to set its own administrative charge.

The base fee for a test is $72 (as of 2009) with an additional $10 charge if the exam has a writing section. As part of the military's focus on education, '''''there is no charge to service members or veterans for taking CLEP exams'''''.<ref>Reimbursement is available if any fees are charged by a testing center.  See the CLEP website for details.</ref> Testing centers are also allowed to collect a fee to cover the costs of test administration. While the College Board recommends that the administrative charge be around $15, each center has the discretionary authority to set its own administrative charge.

A student can control who sees his score in two ways.  First, if the exam goes so poorly that a student doubts he passed, then '''''he can notify the administrator before the end of the exam and refuse to complete it for scoring.'''''<ref>http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/scores.html</ref>  Once the student completes the exam and receives a score, then the score becomes part of a permanent CLEP transcript and cannot be canceled.  The student, however, can still control who receives his CLEP transcript, and can send a copy of his transcript only to the colleges that he selects.  Since CLEP scores are typically used to obtain credit rather than obtaining admission, a failing CLEP score would typically be ignored without any adverse consequences.

A student can control who sees his score in two ways.  First, if the exam goes so poorly that a student doubts he passed and wants to cancel his score, then '''''he should notify the administrator before the end of the exam and refuse to complete it for scoring.'''''<ref>http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/scores.html</ref>  Once the student completes the exam and receives a score, then the score becomes part of a permanent CLEP transcript and cannot be canceled.  The student, however, can still control who receives his CLEP transcript, and can send a copy of his transcript only to the colleges that he selects.  Since CLEP scores are typically used to obtain credit rather than obtaining admission, a failing CLEP score would typically be ignored without any adverse consequences.

CLEP scores are on a range from 20 to 80, with 50 (about 60%) typically being the threshold for passing.  Some schools might require a higher score, however, as a condition of awarding credit.  Grove City College, for example, requires a score of 60 on the Economics CLEP exams before awarding college credit for them.

CLEP scores are on a range from 20 to 80, with 50 (about 60%) typically being the threshold for passing.  Some schools might require a higher score, however, as a condition of awarding credit.  Grove City College, for example, requires a score of 60 on the Economics CLEP exams before awarding college credit for them.