LibraryC1 High-value operations1c Credit evaluation and articulation
LTI-OPS-017
Establish institutional credit-by-examination challenge tests
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies
Context
PLA take-up under 5% nationally; the binding constraint is awareness, not assessment design
Mechanism
Faculty-written challenge exams let a student prove they already know the material instead of sitting the course again. It frees a seat and saves the student tuition.
Preconditions
Departmental faculty to write, validate and keep secure versions of each exam.
Owner, by role
Academic Department Chairs / Testing Center Director
Who can act
One institution alone
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Credits awarded by exam; later performance in advanced coursework
Failure modes
Department chairs may fail to regularly update exams, leading to outdated assessments or compromised test security.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-ENA-040 Codify statewide standardized minimum exam score requirements for credit awards