1 > Cisco To Require Photos, Digital Signatures for All Cert Testing - CertCities.com
Cisco Systems announced this week that it has instituted a policy whereby all candidates will have a digital photo taken and provide a digital signature at the test center before being allowed to sit for any Cisco exam.
The new policy will be rolled out worldwide at Pearson Vue testing centers — the exclusive test delivery vendor for Cisco — during the next 12 months.
“This new layer of identity authentication will help to ensure candidate identity and result in increased assurance that individuals are presenting accurate certification records in the marketplace,” the company said on its Web site.
2 > Test pressure ‘driving schools to cheat’ - ITN
The National Association of Head Teachers general secretary Mick Brookes said incidents involving malpractice reflected “the extreme end” of the pressure that schools face to get results.”We need an assessment system that promotes professional integrity and this one does not,” he said.Mr Brookes criticised ministers for failing to listen to schools’ concerns over the high pressure tests.
3 > National test scores are annulled after cheating by teachers is exposed - Times Online
Five schools caught cheating in national tests were stripped of their results yesterday. Investigators found evidence of malpractice in the Key Stage 2 Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds. Four of the schools lost all their marks in English, maths and science, and a fifth had its results removed for English. Two of them were among the best primaries in England in previous years, but will now be at the bottom of the league tables.
4 > Camden Test Rigging - Philadelphia Inquirer
Cheating? What cheating? Thats the message that the Camden school board is sending to the citys 17,000 students and their parents. School board members would rather forget about the standardized tests fraud than hold anyone accountable.
5 > Survey: Teens Feel Intense Pressure To Succeed — Even If It Means Cutting Ethical Corners - Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Young people are feeling strong pressure to succeed in school, no matter the cost, a new survey has found. More than two out of five teens (44 percent) say they feel either a lot or overwhelming pressure to succeed in school, no matter the cost. And more girls than boys feel this heavy burden to succeed. Those are among the findings of the fourth annual “Teen Ethics Poll” released today by JA Worldwide™ (Junior Achievement) and Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte).
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