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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.
| Exam Title | B-Level Score |
|---|---|
| Financial Accounting | 65 |
| Information Systems | 66 |
| Introductory Business Law | 57 |
| Principles of Management | 63 |
| Principles of Marketing | 65 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Exam Title | B-Level Score |
|---|---|
| Biology | 56 |
| Calculus | 64 |
| Chemistry | 66 |
| College Algebra | 63 |
| College Mathematics | 63 |
| Natural Sciences | 66 |
| Precalculus | 61 |
| 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). | |
