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December 1, 2005 |
| Dear Associate, |
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday last week. I enjoyed spending time with my family in Eugene, Oregon for the holiday. What a beautiful area! The week before, I had the opportunity to meet with many friends and colleagues at the annual NOCA conference. As always, I took pictures. We conducted an informal Test Security Survey during the conference and I’ll publish the results in my next e-mail.
If you live in the Chicago area you still can register for our free Test Security Summit to be held in Chicago next Wednesday. To learn more about the Summit and to register click here.
Just a few weeks till we give away a new Apple iPod nano. If you’d like to get your name in, all you need to do is refer a friend.
Regards,
Don Sorensen
VP of Marketing
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Students to Escape Penalty for Taking Phones Into Exam
Korea Times - South Korea
...Education Minster Kim Jin-pyo Tuesday said that he is studying measures to selectively help test-takers avoid disqualification from the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for their possession of cell phones and other electronic devices.... |
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2 > Life and death exams in South Korea
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
...Last week, 600,000 South Korean students took an exam that will determine the future course of their lives - the ultimate goal being to reach the SKY. In a country where students, not babies are born, young children are prepped, schooled, coddled and groomed to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).... |
3 > Log on for easy learning
Guardian Unlimited - UK
...Not only did reports reveal that it was now possible to get a C in GCSE maths with a score of 16 per cent, but the coursework at GCSE and A-level, which already sharply favours middle-class students with their extra access to resources, was increasingly being purchased from the internet.... |
4 > Scottish students log on to cheat
The Sunday Times - UK
...THE Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is under pressure to investigate evidence of widespread cheating in Higher and Advanced Higher exams. Universities have also been urged to launch an inquiry following claims that the practice is rife among undergraduates.... |
5 > FCAT probe helps ensure fair testing
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
...With so much riding on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, including student promotion and money for schools, the pressure to perform well is immense. Unfortunately, the temptation to cheat is just as immense. As ugly as that thought is, recent history bears it out....
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6 > Professors cheated out of ways to end tech abuse
The Daily Orange (subscription) - Syracuse,NY,USA
...Once upon a time, teachers only had to be on the lookout for students glancing surreptitiously at other's exams or writing notes on their hands for easy access during a test. Then came CliffsNotes, and decades later, SparkNotes with easy Internet access. Now, high schools and colleges across the country are fighting to stay up to date with the most current methods of cheating: those involving cell phones, iPods and graphing calculators.... |
7 > Survey asks students to report cheating habits, policy knowledge
Tufts Daily - Medford,MA,USA
..."It's kind of a U-shape relationship," he said. "Students at the bottom of the GPA spectrum, the ones that are really struggling, maybe they're on an athletic scholarship, tend to self-report more cheating. But then the high-end hypercompetitive students, maybe the ones striving for a doctorate, that will only accept Harvard and Stanford, also report a fair amount of cheating."...
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