Assigning Letter grades from CLEP Scores (updates)

I was curious so I googled.

Someone on my CLEP email list mentioned that their sons took the CLEP today and one got an 80 a perfect score and the other got a 66.
I wondered how that translated into letter grades, and here is was I found:

**update:

I just got an email that lists (unnoficial) A and B grades for all cleps

Click Here! to increase your chances of passing.

This is straight from the College Board

Business
Financial Accounting	65	50
Introductory Business Law	60	50
Information Systems and Computer Applications	59	50
Principles of Accounting2	53	50
Principles of Marketing	65	50
Principles of Management	63	50
Composition and Literature
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature	60	50
American Literature	58	50
English Composition with Essay	63	50
English Composition without Essay	59	50
English Literature	62	50
Freshman College Composition	59	50
Humanities	56	50
Foreign Languages
French Language, Level 1	64	50
French Language, Level 2	69	59
German Language, Level 1	59	50
German Language, Level 2	67	60
Spanish Language, Level 1	56	50
Spanish Language, Level 2	68	63
History and Social Sciences
American Government	63	50
History of the United States I	56	50
History of the United States II	57	50
Human Growth and Development	63	50
Introduction to Educational Psychology	62	50
Introductory Psychology	59	50
Introductory Sociology	59	50
Principles of Macroeconomics	62	50
Principles of Microeconomics	64	50
Social Sciences and History	62	50
Western Civilization I	57	50
Western Civilization II	56	50
Science and Mathematics
Biology	57	50
Calculus	64	50
Chemistry	65	50
College Algebra	63	50
College Algebra-Trigonometry2	58	50
College Mathematics	62	50
Natural Sciences	62	50
Precalculus	61	50
Trigonometry2	58	50

¹The American Council on Education (ACE) granting of credit at the C-level.

²These examinations are no longer available to students.

previous findings:

http://www.back2college.com/clepgrades.htm

CLEP Exam	'A' Score	'B' Score	'C' Score
American Government	71	65	50
American Literature	64	55	50
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	60	53	50
College Algebra	60	54	50
English Literature	67	55	50
Freshman College Composition	59	54	50
History of the United States I	59	54	50
History of the United States II	59	55	50
Principles of Macroeconomics	61	54	50
Principles of Management	60	56	50
Principles of Microeconomics	60	54	50
Psychology (Introductory)	58	54	50

This does not include all of the CLEP exams but you can reason that a 50 is a C and a 70 is an a+ at least

Examination PC Courses Credit Minimum Required Scores for:

A-Level B-Level C-Level

Biology (general) BIOL 1408 4 64 57 50

Business Law, Introductory BUSI 2301 3 70 60 50

Macroeconomics, Principles of ECON 2301 3 74 62 50

Microeconomics, Principles of ECON 2302 3 78 64 50

College Composition ENGL 1301 3 68 59 50

English Literature ENGL 2322 3 60 55 50

General Chemistry CHEM 1411 4 76 63 50

American History I* HIST 1301 3 62 56 50

American History II* HIST 1302 3 64 57 50

American Government (federal) GOVT 2305 3 76 63 50

College Algebra MATH 1314 3 76 63 50

Trigonometry MATH 1316 3 66 58 50

Calculus/Elem. Functions MATH 2413 4 72 61 50

General Psychology PSYC 2301 3 68 59 50

Human Growth & Development PSYC 2314 3 76 63 50

Sociology, Introductory SOCI 1301 3 68 59 50

College Spanish SPAN 1411 & 1412 8 60 55 50

This one is from panola college

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