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October 28, 2005 |
| Dear Associate, |
ETS recently announced “the most significant overhaul of the Graduate Record Examinations General Test in the test’s 55-year history.” According to The New York Times, ETS is concerned that scores may lose their validity if the types of cheating uncovered (memorized items posted on the web) become widespread. To enhance security the new-and-improved GRE features disposable items that are used once and never again. Additionally the test will start at different times in different time zones, so students who have finished cannot pass on questions to those in different zones.
If you’re located near Chicago our next Security Summit will be held in Chicago on December 7, 2005. To learn more about the Summit click here.
Regards,
Don Sorensen
VP of Marketing
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Center looks at academic integrity ills
Daily Targum (subscription) - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
...Data show that 75 percent of the 4,500 high school students surveyed engage in serious cheating, according to a national survey by the Rutgers Management Education Center. "There are many reasons different students cheat," McCabe said. "Time pressures, competitiveness, panic, a way of life."... |
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2 > High-tech ways to cheat
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA
...In December 2002, Hitosubashi University in Japan failed 26 students for receiving e-mailed exam answers on their cell phones. About the same time, six University of Maryland students were flunked for getting text messages with answers from outside..... |
3 > Grad school admissions test to undergo major changes
The Daily Northwestern - USA
...The changes to the test, the SAT of prospective graduate students, are intended to prevent cheating and provide admissions offices with a more accurate measure of students' abilities.... |
4 > Revised GRE® General Test to Premiere in October 2006
ets.org
...After four years of research, and with guidance from the graduate education community, ETS is completing the most significant overhaul of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE®) General Test in the test's 55-year history.... |
5 > Students Debate Over Cheating in College
SHU Spectrum - Fairfield,CT,USA
..."It was aggravating to see someone copy someone who actually worked hard. It occurred too much [when I was in high school]. [In college,] people are more mature and knowledgeable so people don't do it as often and usually have their own answers. It is pathetic to be in school paying $33,000 a year just to not know what the hell you're doing,".... |
6 > Hundreds of students suspected of cheating in China's self-study college entrance exam
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
...Hundreds of examinees were suspected of cheating in last week's national self-study college entrance examination, as China's education authorities have carried out an investigation into the case....
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