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| January 7, 2005 |
| Dear Associate, |
This week our company spent time on the phone with reporters from three different newspapers in Texas talking about the allegations of cheating on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. A number of schools came up with wonderfully amazing gains on this year's test – too amazing in fact. As of yesterday the Houston school district has a new Office of Inspector General, which will handle investigations of test cheating.
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| The cheating shakeout continues in South Korea as the country's president brought in a new education minister to replace Ahn Byung-Young who has been under fire over the recent mass-cheating incident on the state-run college admission test. The scandal has rocked South Korean society in which a good college education is the foundation for wealth and status. |
Regards,
Don Sorensen
Caveon Test Security
801-208-0103 ext. 102 |
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1 > Plan outlined to prevent Houston TAKS cheating
Houston Chronicle - Houston, TX, USA
...Houston school Superintendent Abe Saavedra announced today the creation of an investigative team and tougher testing procedures intended to head off more cheating allegations such as those that have embarrassed the school district in recent weeks.... |
2 > Amid testing stress, some teachers cheat
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis, IN, USA
...Today's top cheaters include teachers who lead entire classes into dishonesty in a desperate bid to prop up test scores. A school's money, reputation and even jobs stand at risk when students do poorly. The pressure nationwide has caused a growing number of teachers and administrators to try inflating standardized test scores.... |
3 > South Korea's president replaces six ministers in reshuffle
China Daily - Beijing, China
...Roh named former Seoul National University president Lee Ki-Jun as education minister to replace Ahn Byung-Young who has been under fire over a recent cheating scandal involving a state-run college admission test. South Korean police last month rounded up some 300 people, mostly high school pupils, for cheating on the November 17 test by using mobile phones to exchange text-written answers or fielding substitutes.... |
4 > Catch FCAT cheats - Our position: Protecting the integrity of the test requires a professional investigator.
Orlando Sentinel (subscription) - Orlando, FL, USA
...It's unwise for the Florida Education Department to rely on local school districts to finger the bad guy. They're apt to bungle the case. And it's a potential conflict of interest for administrators to investigate friends and co-workers. Such a case calls for an experienced sleuth. It's up to state education officials to provide one.... |
5 > Schools accused of cheating - 3 low-income elementaries had big TAKS gains
Houston Chronicle - Houston, TX, USA
...Allegations of widespread cheating at three charter schools in Acres Homes are raising questions about the validity of seemingly huge academic gains at campuses in the low-income neighborhood.... |
6 > How Schools Cheat to Gain High Ranking
AllAfrica.com - Africa
...The scandal of how some private primary schools have cheated the system to gain high marks in the Standard Eight examinations can be revealed today. Some of the schools have been registering twice as examination centres - sending their brightest pupils through one centre and the less able students to the other.... |
7 > The killer app for camera phones
ZDNet.com - USA
...Today's phone-based cheating is done on an ad-hoc, individual basis--but it won't be long before commercial businesses built around the concept arrive. The same people who sell term papers will likely add online test support to their service offering. Of course, it'll be important to spin it as something other than "cheating"--my bet is that the various Web directories will list it under "Just-in-Time Test Prep Services.".... |
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Performance Testing Council Summit
The next Performance Testing Council summit will be held January 12-14, 2005, at John Ascuaga's Nugget, in Sparks (3 mi from downtown Reno). |
Association of Test Publishers, 2005 Conference
February 28 - March 2, 2005
Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona
Innovations in Testing, ATP's 2005 Conference, promises to be an exciting, informative program which will facilitate the exchange of ideas across many segments of the test publishing community. From pre-conference workshops, keynote addresses, information-filled breakout sessions and poster sessions, this conference will offer the depth attendees need to stay abreast of the fast-paced changes taking place in their field, while at the same time offering the relaxing atmosphere of the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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