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November 19, 2004 |
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Dear Associate, |
| Today the cold white snow of my home state Utah has been replaced with the warm white sand of South Beach Florida. I'm doing this e-mail direct from the annual NOCA conference (we all must make sacrifices). I thought it was rather ironic that we're attending this conference in such a beautiful place and spending the whole day in a hotel. Go figure. |
| Rather than bore you with words I spent some time taking pictures of a few of the attendees at this year's conference. Click here to see how a bunch of very intelligent people avoid the surf, sandy shorts and a sunburn. |
Regards,
Don Sorensen
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Academic Cheating: The Role of Student Self-Efficacy and Identification with School
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
...Academic dishonesty is a significant problem among students from elementary school through college. The desire to succeed in school through dishonesty is increased when there is a breakdown in the norms associated with conventional academic attitudes... |
2 > Pressed to do well on admissions tests, students take drugs
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
...some high-school and college kids are using prescription drugs in hopes of improving their performance on the standardized admissions tests for college and graduate school, according to interviews with students, parents, test tutors and doctors. ... |
3 > Breaking down cheaters
Central Michigan LIFE - USA
...Rutgers University Professor John McCabe, brought to campus by the Center for Professional and Personal Ethics, spoke to students about the university cheating epidemic. McCabe has surveyed 75 million students about academic dishonesty within their universities, including CMU.... |
4 > Cheating on standardized tests alleged at Wilmer-Hutchins schools
DallasNews.com
...The principal of Wilmer Elementary has decided to resign, less than two weeks after a Dallas Morning News analysis of TAKS test scores found strong evidence of organized cheating at the school... |
5 > Cellphone incident raises questions of test security
My High School Journalism - USA
...“She forgot to bring her calculator so she asked the proctor if she could use her cell phone calculator [which was a camera phone],” Hwang sad. “The proctor said yes. This was after he had read the part about no cell phones. Midway through the test, she was turning around and showing her cell phone’s screen to others behind her.”... |
| Testing Industry News |
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).
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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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