An evaluation of college-level examination program participants at Ball State University

• Main Author: Hoyt, George L.
• Other Authors: Ballou, Philip E.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: College-level examinations.; Universities and colleges > Examinations.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/176919; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415296

The purpose of the study was to supply materials for answers to questions regarding a description of the group of individuals receiving College-Level Examination Program credit including an assessment of the academic progress of the group.Approaching these questions through an examination of related literature revealed common features of other attempts to describe and measure policies and practices of the College-Level Examination Program and similar programs. In the study, consideration was given to the basic values and assumptions that underlie both credit by examination in general and the College-Level Examination Program in particular.The final study population consisted of 246 individuals whose permanent record cards were available at the time the study was made. 284 individuals took College-Level Examination Program General Examinations between December 18, 1969, and January 23,1973.From questions raised by Ball State University Administrators, nine hypotheses were derived.By means of simple manipulation of raw numbers, percentages and extraction of means, and by means of analysis of variance and analysis of covariance techniques, the hypotheses were tested.