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• exams are standardized exams in various general subjects, offered in a multiple choice format for students to be able to demonstrate their mastery of a particular subject. If you would like preparation materials for a CLEP test including textbooks, lectures, slides, and practice questions, .

•  are another type of standardized exam that allow students to earn college credit for specialized subject areas for learning acquired outside of the classroom.

Exam Equivalency Charts

See what course credits you can earn via testing with our exam equivalency charts: 

Credit by Exam Survey

Fill out the to find out about opportunities for you to earn credit via testing!

Foreign Language Achievment Testing Services (FLATS)

Do you speak, read, and write a foreign language not offered by 吃瓜官网? 

You can now earn 6 credit hours of World Language credit that can be applied toward your Humanities general education! 

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Step 1:  

Schedule an Exam Appointment with a registered proctor or to earn World Language 101 & 102 credit.   

Testing Signup Guide

It is highly recommended to take National Standardized exams at registered Testing Centers.  

To sign up for a national exam:

Step 1: Register for the exam. 

CLEP exam:  

DSST: Skip Step 1 (Registration and payment will occur on the day of your test at time of your appointment) 

Step 2: Sign up for an appointment to take your exam at a Testing Center or remotely. 

• Pueblo Community College: Call 719-549-3091 or email test_center@pueblocc.edu to set up a CLEP/DSST appointment.
• Pikes Peak State College Test Center in Colorado Springs for CLEP/DSST at 
• Accuskill Test Center for CLEP/DSST in Colorado Springs at 
• Find a Testing Center here (link: )
• Remote Proctor
  • CLEP (link )
  • DSST (link: )

are produced internally by 吃瓜官网 faculty members to ascertain a student’s mastery of the content of specific general education courses. Contact the 吃瓜官网 Testing Center for more information.   

is obtained through a portfolio assessment.

What is a Portfolio?

A portfolio is compilation of documents you submit to a faculty evaluator to demonstrate that you have achieved college-level learning through prior work or life experience. The CPL portfolio includes:

• Statement of prior learning: a description of your educational goals and degree plan
• Learning narrative: a commentary on recalling your life’s journey to provide context to your experiential learning
• Skills inventory: explanations of how your real-world experiences meet the learning objectives of the course for which you are petitioning.  Your capabilities must illustrate that you have met the course outcomes detailed in the syllabi of the classes for which you are seeking credit.   Instead of a traditional college course where you put theory into practice, you are applying classroom theory to your years of practice!
• Supplementary documents: support for your portfolio establishing your proficiency, including a résumé, training certificates,   letters of recommendation, and work samples.  

Portfolio Assessment Benefits

• Save Money $75 per undergraduate portfolio assessment and $250 per graduate portfolio assessment (as compared to $350+ and $470+ per credit, respecitvely).
• Save Time attain credit for what you have already learned in at least half the duration of a typical course. 
• Improve skillset understand how the classroom concepts translate directly into your prior knowledge and situations experienced in the workplace.  Practice university-level writing skills and enhance your ability to reflect upon and analyze the past.    

Portfolio Assessment Requirements

• Must be a degree-seeking student currently enrolled and in good standing at 吃瓜官网
• Portfolio Assessment must be an approved method of credit for the department and course for which you are petitioning

Portfolio Submission

• Submit your
• Pay your  

CPL Portfolio Survey

Find out if a CPL Portfolio is right for you by taking our

Equivalency Proposals for Certificates and Training

 Have you earned any certificates, completed professional development courses, or documented your experiential learning?

• to have them reviewed by a faculty/subject matter expert. 
• You may directly earn college credit
• Your documented experience may accelerate your progress toward a complete CPL Portfolio. 

吃瓜官网 is excited to offer a new online, asynchronous course, EXST 101, Introduction to Portfolio Development, which can help students learn how to craft a portfolio for review. Included in the tuition cost of the class is a free portfolio submission. Below is the course description. If you are interested in enrolling in the course, contact the Adult Learning/PLA Lead Specialist to enroll and learn more!

EXST 101: Introduction to Portfolio Development (1 credit hour) - This course is designed to assist adult learners petition faculty evaluators to attain college credit for experiential learning.  Students will create job application documents, identify skills and competencies from their own prior experience, compile a PLA portfolio draft, edit their work, and submit a completed portfolio for credit with the guidance of an in-house PLA specialist. 

Evaluation of a student’s Joint Service Transcript (JST) based on the guidelines of the American Council on Education in conjunction with consultation 吃瓜官网 faculty evaluators.