In a couple of weeks I’m headed to Palm Springs for this year’s Association of Test Publishers conference. I’ve been heavily involved in the conference preparation this year and it’s going to be an excellent event with over 60 educational sessions. If you didn’t have the opportunity to register this year, I highly recommend getting it on your calendar for next year.
Many of the Caveon staff are responsible for the conference presentations on test security and I’m personally involved in a couple of marketing-oriented sessions (see the lists at the bottom of this email). The conference will also recognize Caveon’s John Fremer as the inaugural recipient of the ATP Professional Contribution Award. Congratulations John!
In my next issue of “Cheating in the News” (which will be the 3rd year anniversary of this newsletter) I’ll give a short recap of ATP and have a link to photos from the conference.
Best regards,
Don Sorensen
Vice President, Marketing
Caveon Test Security
801.592.3396
1 > Lawmakers test cheating measure
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
...When state officials learned that three South Dakota schools might have cheated on standardized tests, they realized no law addressed the issue....
2 > Exam papers to be bugged in drive to cut cheating
This is London - London,England,UK
...Exam chiefs are planning to bug packs of exam questions to stop thieves and cheats sneaking previews of their A-level and GCSE papers....
3 > Pressure Increases As Testing Season Nears
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
...A spokesman for the state's Education Department, Tom Dunn, said strict monitoring procedures were in place to prevent cheating and catch it if it occurred, including an analysis of irregular patterns in test scores and audits by independent test contractors....
4 > More pupils take to cheating
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
...Nearly 400 high school pupils have been caught cheating or breaching rules during NCEA exams in the past two years – and numbers appear to be on the rise....
5 > CBI submits charge sheet in medical entrance exam case
Hindu - Chennai,India
...According to CBI, a pen scanner was used to scan the question paper with the help of two candidates in different examination centres. Later, the questions were downloaded through a laptop computer, prints taken and answers were prepared with the help of doctors who assembled for the purpose in a hotel room at Kilpauk, Chennai....
6 > Cheating screened out
Guardian Unlimited - UK
...A device to counter industrial espionage is being used to stop students peeking in online exams ...
7 > 12 Teachers Caught Copying in B.Ed Exam
Kashmir Observer - Srinagar,Kashmir,India
...Twelve teachers, supposed to be engaged in nation and character building, were caught red-handed while copying in the B.Ed examination going on in the Kothi Bagh Higher Secondary School. Frisked during a surprise inspection by the officers of the Kashmir University’s examination section, 12 candidates were caught with “copying material” concealed in their clothes....
8 > Exploring the problem of cheating and plagiarism
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
...Mr. Giao himself who presented the results of the survey of 12 educational institutions to prove that “cheating during exams happens in many different forms, the most common of which are using prohibited materials, copying, plagiarizing old dissertations, bribing for higher grades and taking exams for somebody else…”...
Testing Industry News
ATP 2007: Innovations in Testing
February 5-7, Westin Mission Hills Resort, Palm Springs, California
This year’s event includes workshops, general sessions with informative and thought-provoking keynote presentations, up to 60 breakout sessions on relevant topics, poster sessions, and several networking activities.
Test Security Sessions at ATP
"True" Confessions of Low Down, Dirty Rotten Cheaters - How They Cheated and How They Were Caught
> More info
Tuesday, 2:45 - 3:45 PM, Oasis 4
Designing Tests with Security in Mind
> More info
Tuesday, 3:45 - 5:30 PM, Celebrity Foyer
Test-use Agreements for the 21st Century
> More info
Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Celebrity H
Responding to Cheating: An Expert Panel on the Need, the Methods and the Risks
> More info
Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Oasis 6
ATP's Security Initiative: An Update
> More info
Wednesday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, Polo Room
Marketing Sessions at ATP
The 10 Hottest Marketing Methods of Today's Testing Organizations
> More info
Tuesday, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Polo Room
Effective Press Relations or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Press
> More info
Wednesday, 11:15 AM- 12:15 PM, Oasis 4 |
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