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Monday, July 14, 2008
Cheat on the SAT? No big deal
Testing companies that administer the SAT and ACT college entrance exams like to talk about how vigilant they are about security. If that’s so, then the must be REALLY tough on kids who are caught cheating on the exam.
So of course they notify the colleges the cheaters apply to and the high schools they attend, right? And they ban them from every taking another entrance test, I’m sure. They probably even try to prosecute the kids, don’t they?
Nope.
Here’s what happens to the cheaters: Nothing.
That’s what the L.A. Times reported, that the punishment for cheating is an invalidated score and an opportunity to take the exam again.
Wow. That will show ‘em!
Why don’t the companies take harsher action? Well, their higher priority is keeping test security breaches confidential. It certainly doesn’t serve a testing company for people to learn there is significant cheating going on on the SAT or the ACT.
So they keep it quiet.
What can be done about this? Well, colleges and states could start requiring more disclosure about cheating on these and other standardized tests.
What do you think? Should test companies be required to take more action against cheaters?
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