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2. List of admission tests to colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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   ACT – formerly American College Testing Program or American College Test. Advanced Placement (AP). CLT – Classic Learning Test. THEA – Texas Higher Education Assessment. GED – HSE or High School Diploma Equivalent; GED, HiSET or TASC brand of tests, depending on the State. PERT – Replaced Accuplacer as the standard college placement ...

3. Placement testing - Wikipedia

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   Placement testing is a practice that many colleges and universities use to assess college readiness and determine which classes a student should initially take. Since most two-year colleges have open, non-competitive admissions policies, many students are admitted without college-level academic qualifications.

4. College Level Examination Program - Wikipedia

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   Exams are administered on a computer in a lab style setting. Final results are available immediately after completing the exam. CLEP tests are primarily multiple-choice exams (though some include fill-in or ordering questions, and one College Composition exam has an essay section) which are scored on a scale from 20 to 80.

5. Advanced Placement - Wikipedia

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   An early study published in AP: A critical examination of the Advanced Placement program found that students who took AP courses in the sciences but failed the AP exam performed no better in college science courses than students without any AP course at all. Referring to students who complete the course but fail the exam, the head researcher ...

6. College Board - Wikipedia

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   The College Board's Advanced Placement Program is an extensive program that offers high school students the chance to participate in what the College Board describes as college-level classes, reportedly broadening students' intellectual horizons and preparing them for college work. It also plays a large part in the college admissions process ...

7. AP English Language and Composition - Wikipedia

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   No points were taken away for blank answers. However, the College Board discontinued the policy for all AP Exams in 2011; now, they only award 1 point for each correct answer, with no 1/4 point deductions. The free-response section is scored individually by hundreds of educators each June. Each essay is assigned a score from 0–6, 6 being high.