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March 17, 2006 |
| Dear Associate, |
Just as I was putting the final touches on this week’s newsletter I received an e-mail from Becky Nagel, Editor at CertCities.com. She had just read a press release touting a website that is giving away (free) a “nicely formatted PDF document [that] contains 595 verified correct questions and answers” for various IT exams. My colleagues reviewed a sampling of the questions and we are quite sure the site owners are telling the truth. Many of these questions are indeed actual test questions.
One of our Senior Security Directors, Jamie Mulkey said, “I must admit, I’ve never see such blatant, “in your face” behavior from a braindump site. Not only is the site giving away IT certification test items, but it has also announced the availability of those items through a press release. I don’t need to tell you how hard testing programs work to develop and deploy certification exams. Giving away test items devalues the certified professionals, the test, and the program.”
Jamie is right, and the good news is something is being done about it. A new security initiative is being formed within the ATP Certification/Licensure division. This initiative has three subcommittees: Intellectual Property, Security Planning, and Data Protection. If you’d like to join one of these committees and help in the fight against test theft contact Jamie Mulkey at: jamie.mulkey@caveon.com.
On the same subject there will be a Caveon webinar next week on March 22 titled: Heist! Who is Selling Your Exams on the Internet. Learn more about this free webinar.
Best regards,
Don Sorensen
VP of Marketing
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Policing cheating on high-stakes tests
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
...Tom Haladyna, a professor at Arizona State University and a national expert on cheating and standardized tests, said that his research has turned up various ways in which teachers cheat. In one case, a teacher got an advance copy of the test and instructed an intern to photocopy it. In others, teachers have given students the answers.... |
2 > Lies, lies and more lies
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
..."I've had students who have seemed genuinely confused," said George Brenkert, professor of business ethics at Georgetown University in Washington. "I think it shows the need for early training in ethics education in middle and high schools."... |
3 > Exams tossed over security
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
..."I do not question the integrity of our third-grade teachers at Hamagrael, but whoever photocopied the field tests did so in clear violation of SED's testing rules," Loomis said.... |
4 > USC students, professors question cheating definition
TMCnet - USA
..."We weren't trying to get rich. We were basically trying to reduce the cost of higher education. We didn't feel that we were doing anything unethical or in violation of the spirit of the Code of Conduct."... |
5 > Chinese Examiners Use Smart Cards To Thwart Fake Test Takers
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
...In January, 107,000 people sat for the exam at 72 testing sites in Beijing. A report in the People’s Daily Online says the ID cards are checked to prevent cheating by examinees hiring substitutes to take the test for them....
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