Active Duty Military Stay the Course through DSST

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (March 15, 2013) –

The DSST program is nationally recognized in subjects such as Social Sciences, Math, Applied Technology, Business, Physical Sciences and Humanities.  Prometric, through a network of more than 1,200 test centers in the U.S., delivered 39,000 exams to active duty military in 2012.  The DSST program is designed to help active duty military and civilian students reach educational and career goals faster and at less cost.  More than 1,900 institutions in the U.S. recognize DSST and award college credit toward a degree for students who successfully pass exams.

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Among all DSST candidates, military and civilian, students using DSST to earn college credit save an average of $670 on tuition. Exams cost $80, compared to $750 on average in tuition per three-credit undergraduate class.  Time saved by taking a single DSST exam is 10 to 16 weeks, the length of class semesters. 

The top nationally-recognized DSST exams delivered in 2012 include:

• Principles of Supervision, Business
• Principles of Public Speaking, Humanities
• Here’s to Your Health, Physical Science
• Introduction to Computing, Business
• Ethics in America, Humanities

The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE Credit) has evaluated and recommended college credit for all 38 DSST exams.  ACE Credit connects workplace learning with colleges and universities for formal courses and examinations taken in the workplace or other settings outside traditional higher education.

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Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is a trusted provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment. As the global standard in professional competency measurement, Prometric reliably delivers 10 million tests per year on behalf of 400 clients in the academic, financial, government, healthcare, professional, corporate and information technology markets. Through innovation, workflow automation and standardization, Prometric achieves customer-inspired advances that are better, faster and at less cost for its clients, helping to put the right people in the right jobs at the right time. Prometric delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of more than 8,000 test centers in more than 160 countries. For more information, please visit www.prometric.com.

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