College Composition Modular — Information & Free Practice

About College Composition Modular

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Key exam facts

Provider

College Board sponsors and owns CLEP examinations; independent test centers or the remote-proctoring service administer delivery.

Format

Computer-based multiple-choice examination. No national essay is included; a receiving institution may separately require, arrange and score a writing assessment.

Time limit

95 minutes to answer the multiple-choice questions, as specified in the dedicated official examination description; this does not include an independently stated check-in, tutorial or break allowance.

Passing score

Scores use a 20–80 scale. ACE recommends a scaled score of 50 for three semester hours; each institution determines its own credit-granting score and policy, so 50 is a recommendation rather than a universal passing standard.

Exam fee

$97 examination fee, plus applicable test-center or remote-proctoring administration fees; the 2026–27 bulletin states a $30 remote-proctoring fee. DANTES funding may cover eligible candidates.

Topics covered

• Conventions of Standard Written English (10%)

• Revision Skills, Including Sentence-Level Skills (40%)

• Ability to Use Source Materials (25%)

• Rhetorical Analysis (25%)

How to prepare

Work through the topics, read the explanation after each answer, and revisit the areas where you miss questions. Use the official outline and reference materials below to guide your study.

These independent practice questions are not actual exam items and do not guarantee a passing result.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources and references

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, controlling introduction

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, allocation qualification

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, Conventions of Standard Written English (10%)

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, Revision Skills, Including Sentence-Level Skills (40%)

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, Ability to Use Source Materials (25%)

• College Composition Modular

  Knowledge and Skills Required, Rhetorical Analysis (25%)

• College Composition Modular

  Overview, examination length and format

• College Composition Modular

  Overview, pretest paragraph

• Information for Test Takers

  Printed page 9, What Your CLEP Score Means, calculation 1

• Information for Test Takers

  Printed page 9, What Your CLEP Score Means

• Register for an Exam

  Opening fee and schedule paragraph

• College Composition examination comparison

  Comparison table, College Composition Modular column, Timing row

• College Composition Modular

  Score Information, institutional policy note

• CLEP Terms and Conditions

  Section 1. Testing Overview

• College Composition examination comparison

  College Composition Modular column, Essays row

• College Composition Modular

  Score Information, ACE Recommendation, Credit-granting Score value

• Information for Test Takers

  Printed page 3, Step 2: Schedule your exam, fee paragraph

• Information for Test Takers

  Printed page 3, Decide Which Exam(s) to Take

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