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    • Education Benefits
    • FY25 Flyers
    • Transcript Submission
    • Post 9/11 GI Bill
    • Initial AGR Hires CH30
    • Transfer of Ed. Benefits
    • Tuition Assistance
    • ArmyIgnitED 101 Training
    • Credentialing Assistance
    • Family Education Support
    • Army Personnel Testing
    • Joint Service Transcript
    • Registered Apprenticeship
    • Scholarships
    • Education Resources
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    • Rudisill v. McDonough
    • VA Education Link
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    • Army COOL Credentials
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  • Home
  • Education Benefits
  • FY25 Flyers
  • Transcript Submission
  • Post 9/11 GI Bill
  • Initial AGR Hires CH30
  • Transfer of Ed. Benefits
  • Tuition Assistance
  • ArmyIgnitED 101 Training
  • Credentialing Assistance
  • Family Education Support
  • Army Personnel Testing
  • Joint Service Transcript
  • Registered Apprenticeship
  • Scholarships
  • Education Resources
  • CMD GI Bill/State TA
  • Rudisill v. McDonough
  • VA Education Link
  • ArmyIgnitED
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California National Guard Civilian Education Services

Tools to Help You Succeed

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DANTES programs

What Is It?

-The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) sponsors college credit equivalency exams (CLEP and DSST) to assist Soldiers in their academic pursuits

How to Qualify

-Be an active drilling member of the Army National Guard

-Have knowledge of the subject area

How to Apply

Step 1:  Visit the College Board web site at: https://clep.collegeboard.org 


Step 2:  Contact your state education office and/or school to ask questions, determine your school policy on credit-by-exam acceptance, and get additional help with finding a testing location and registering to take an exam


Step 3:  Create your college board account and register for a test at:  www.account/collegeboard.org/login/signUp 

  -When registering, designate yourself as DANTES-funded and answer questions about your military Service in order toreceive DANTES funding

  -During the registration process, indicate DANTES-funding eligible


Step 4:  Prepare for your test. View sample questions and get study materials from the CollegeBoard website. 


Step 5:  Take the test.  Present the printed "ticket", your authorized military I.D. (e.g. CAC) and a second form of I.D. to the Test Administrator


Step 6:  View your results.  All CLEP exam registrations come with a free score report sent to your college of choice, which must be input when you register.


For more information go to the DANTES web site at: https://www.dantes.mil/clep/ 

Education support programs

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Helpful Links

-Federal Tuition Assistance:  https://www.armyignited.army.mil

-GI Bill Program: http://www.gibill.va.gov

-DANTES: https://www.dantes.mil/

-CLEP Exams: http://clep.collegeboard.org

-DSST Exams: http://getcollegecredit.com/

-ACT: http://www.act.org

-SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat

-GMAT: http://www.mba.com/us 

-GRE: https://www.ets.org/gre

-GED: https://ged.com/ 

-Praxis: http://www.ets.org/praxis

-Credentialing Opportunities Online: https://www.cool.osd.mil/army/

-TEB Request: https://milconnect.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect/

-eBenefits: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov

-Joint Service Transcripts: https://jst.doded.mil 

-Army eLearning: https://usarmy.skillport.com/skillportfe/custom/login/usarmy/login.action  

(Click on Self Service then My Education for Army eLearning)

-MilGears: https://milgears.osd.mil/

-TA Decide: https://www.dodmou.com/TADECIDE/

-Career Path Decide: https://careerpathdecide.org/accept-terms

-College Navigator: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

-College Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

-GI Bill Comparison Tool: https://www.va.gov/education/gi-bill-comparison-tool/

-Kuder Journey: https://journey.kuder.com/account/adult-login-register

-Coalition for College: https://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.og/

-Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH): https://www.bls.gov/ooh/

-O*Net Online:   https://www.onetonline.org/

-HERC & DegreeQuest: https://www.hercdegrees.com/index.html

-Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ 

-OASC: https://dantes.petersons.com/

-Federal Academic Alliance: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/training-and-development/federal-academic-alliance/

-Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/

-Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): https://www.mooc.org/

-Modern States Education Alliance: https://modernstates.org/

-Class Central: https://www.classcentral.com/

-MWR Libraries: https://www.dodmwrlibraries.org/

-Veterans Upward Bound: https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/trio/veterans-upward-bound-program#:~:text=Veterans%20Upward%20Bound%20is%20designed%20to%20motivate%20and%20assist%20veterans

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