College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)

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The College-Level Examination Program^® (CLEP^®) is a rigorous College Board program that allows students of a wide range of ages to demonstrate their mastery of college-level material in introductory subjects and earn college credit. CLEP offers examinations that represent courses typical of the first two years of college study. Through CLEP examinations, students can:

• accumulate credit toward a degree by demonstrating knowledge they have gained independently, allowing them to begin studies at a higher level and save valuable time and money;
   
• demonstrate their knowledge in subject areas in order to earn exemption from introductory courses, enabling them to move ahead to more advanced courses and new fields; and
   
• show their level of competency in subjects in order to determine placement, particularly for world language and mathematics courses.

The EKU Office of Academic Testing is an open CLEP® testing center; we test current EKU students as well as non-students. 

EKU accepts credit for these examinations according to the following guidelines:

• No credit is given for exams without equivalent courses at EKU.
• In order to receive credit, a student must complete the Credit-by-Examination application form by clicking here . The form also is available from the Office of Academic Testing located in the Whitlock Building, Room 340.
• For tests not administered at EKU, there is a $25.00 processing fee:  http://testing.eku.edu/fees  

To see sample tests, please visit http://clep.collegeboard.org/test-samples- .

How to register to test:

1. Please contact 859-622-1281 for testing information.  Examinees must pre-register with the Office of Academic Testing to secure a test date.  Examinees must also register to take the CLEP® exam online at http://clep.collegeboard.org/register/exam .
2. If you are an EKU student who is seeking course credit, click here to download the CLEP application form in PDF format.  (This form is required to be on file in order to test at Eastern Kentucky University.)
3. Fees: The CLEP exam itself costs $87. Eastern Kentucky University's test administration fee is $25.  These two fees must be paid before the exam. (Pay the $25 EKU fee in the Office of Student Accounting Services, located in the Whitlock Building, Room 210.  Examinees pay the $87 CLEP fee by credit card to CLEP® when they register online athttp://clep.collegeboard.org/register/exam.  On the day of your CLEP exam, don't forget to bring the receipt for the $25

Please bring the following items on test day:

• CLEP Exam Registration Ticket
• Receipt for the $25 EKU test administration fee
• One form of identification. The primary identification must be valid and current, must bear the test-taker’s full name in English language characters, and must contain a photograph and a signature.

Acceptable Primary ID:

• Current passport with name, photograph, and signature
• Valid driver's license with name, photograph, and signature
• State or Province ID issued by the motor vehicle agency with name, photograph, and signature
• Military ID
• National ID with name, photograph and signature
• A tribal ID card
• A Naturalization card or certificate of citizenship

UNACCEPTABLE ID Documents:

• Credit or debit cards of any kind
• Social Security card
• Employee ID

Prohibited Items in the Testing Room:  (unless an approved exception has been specified by CLEP Services at (800) 257-9558 or (609) 771-7865)

• Calculators (a calculator function is built into the software for those tests that require calculator use)
   
• Listening devices including, but not limited to cellular phones/pagers, beepers, walkie talkies, PDAs, or wireless communication devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet, mp3 player)
   
• Any device capable of recording audio, photographic, or video content, or capable of viewing or playing back content, through such means as digital cameras or video cameras
   
• Food, beverages, or tobacco products
   
• Hats (unless worn as a religious requirement) 
• Calculator watches
   
• Digital watches (wrist or pocket), alarm watches, or wristwatch cameras
   
• Dictionaries, books, pamphlets, reference materials
   
• Papers of any kind (except for authorized scratch paper provided by the center). If the candidate has a paper copy of his/her CLEP exam registration ticket, it must be put away with other prohibited items and not taken into the testing room.
   
• Slide rules, protractors, compasses, rulers
   
• Highlighter pens and/or colored pens and pencils
   
• Copying devices
   
• Transmission or receiving devices
   
• Mechanical pencils or any type of pen
   
• Nonmedical electronic devices (laptop computers, digital assistants)
   
• Flash/thumb drives or any other portable electronic storage device
   
• Candidate-provided keyboards
   
• Any other unauthorized testing aids
   
• Any weapons, firearms or other items prohibited by law or test center/campus safety and security policies. Important: Weapons of any kind are prohibited at CLEP testing locations. Only law enforcement personnel, acting in an official capacity (not a candidate), may carry their weapons into CLEP testing locations.

The Office of Academic Testing provides lockers for examinees to store backpacks, phones and other electronic devices, jackets, hats, and testing aids that are not required or permitted.

Anyone found using prohibited items during the administration should be dismissed from the examination. Confiscate any detected device and check for test content before dismissing the candidate.

 Misconduct

Candidates involved in any misconduct should be asked to terminate their examination and leave the testing room. These candidates may not return to the testing room, and their examination scores will be canceled. The following behaviors, without limitation, are considered misconduct:

• Giving or receiving assistance of any kind
   
• Using any of the prohibited aids listed as a Prohibited Item (see the Prohibited Items List)
   
• Taking or attempting to take an examination for someone else
   
• Failing to follow test regulations or the test center administrator's instructions
   
• Removing or attempting to remove test questions and/or responses (in any format) from the testing room
   
• Removing or attempting to remove scratch paper from the testing room
   
• Tampering with the operation of the computer or attempting to use it for any function other than taking the examination
   
• Leaving the testing room without permission
   
• Causing a disturbance of any kind

Charts revised June 2018

CLEP Chart last updated by Kathy Williams, Director, EKU Academic Testing, 27-April-2018

Page last reviewed and updated 12/11/18 S. Pierce