Test for Credit

Today’s post is the fifth in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Take AP Classes and Tests to Place out of College Courses
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you.  Take AP classes and tests [...]

The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA+) is a problem-based assessment test developed by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE). What gets assessed? YOU do – the CLA+ measures your analytical reasoning, problem-solving skills, written communication skills, and critical thinking. The test takes 90 minutes, it costs $89, and it is now available through StraighterLine.
Why would [...]

If you’re an adult learner, you have already learned a lot about your chosen field. That’s the case with these people. Chances are that one of their stories will sound similar to yours . . .

Marina practically grew up in her family’s clothing store. She kept the books for payroll, expenses, and incoming revenue. “I [...]

If you’re a student who’s visiting the College Board’s website for the first time, you’ll probably feel like a little kid who just wandered onto the set of Willie Wonka. There are so many products that look just so delicious. There are AP tests that could save you time and money by eliminating the need [...]

Or, “How to get credit for what you learned in a non-credit-bearing course”
By Jeffrey Simons
Taking a MOOC sounded like a great idea. Who wouldn’t want to take a free online course from top professors at the best universities in the world, like Harvard and Stanford and MIT? That’s probably why hundreds of thousands of students [...]

By Jinshu Li
There are many options to choose from when it comes to alternative paths to get college credit. As the Senior Product Manager at StraighterLine I decided to get some hands on experience and take three credit-by-exam options and share with you what I learned. Credit-by-exams are tests that allow you to prove your [...]

I bet that you’ve noticed something. It’s that something is not working right with AP classes. Sure, tons of students take Advanced Placement classes and exams. But how are those classes and tests helping those students?
Here’s a case study from the town where I live. In my town, just about all students in the high [...]

By Jeffrey Simons
What does a college dropout like Bill Gates know about education? Quite a lot, it turns out. We talked about the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve education on Bill’s birthday right here on the blog.
Today, we’d like to/ talk about Bill’s support of the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) [...]

By Jeffrey Simons
In our third and final blog post about the new changes at StraighterLine, we want to look at one of the most exciting new options you have for earning college credit faster and at a lower cost: Credit-by-examination.
You’re probably familiar with some CBEs already, like the AP test or CLEP exams. But now [...]