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Cheating in the News > April 9, 2004 |
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| Dear Associate, |
Braindumps, chat rooms, online forums and web sites offering services to "take exams for you" are causing many testing programs concern. The unauthorized distribution of test content on the Internet is having an impact on test security. I would like to invite you to provide feedback on this important topic through a short security survey. Please see item #1 to take the survey. Results will be distributed in the next issue of this e-mail. |
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| Regards, |
| Don Sorensen |
| Caveon Test Security |
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| 1 > The Impact of the Internet on Test Security
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| 10 Question Security Survey |
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| This survey should take just a few minutes to complete. Your responses will only be used in aggregate with the responses of other survey respondents. The results of this survey will be distributed in the next issue of "Cheating in the News."
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| 2 > To Many, using Ritalin to Think Faster looks a lot like Cheating
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| Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA |
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| The controversial prescription drug Ritalin, best known as a treatment for children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, has been co-opted by a new population: healthy people trying to boost their mental performance. |
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| 3 > What if Teachers Cheat during Student Testing?
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| Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 3/30/04 |
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| "Teachers are accustomed to casting an eagle eye over their classrooms to make sure students aren't swapping test answers or consulting crib notes on their palms. But who's making sure teachers aren't cheating?" |
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4 > A-level students offered £200 essays 'guaranteed to gain them an A-grade'
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| Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK |
| A-level students are buying tailor-made essays to submit as exam coursework from a company that claims to provide them with "guaranteed" top-grade answers written by university undergraduates. |
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5 > Pass Rate Remains Low On Retake Of EMT Exam
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| NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA |
| "Last October, sources said questions and answers -- at least 60 of them apparently lifted from the state exam -- were reportedly passed around the Chicago fire academy. After that report, the state gave the national exam for the first time, and of the 157 firefighters and recruits who took the national exam, only 97 passed." |
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6 > Tutorial Centres: Agents of Malpractice Or Academic?
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| AllAfrica.com - Africa |
| "Proliferation of tutorial centres of all hues is no longer news. Ditto their essence - claims of preparing candidates for academic success. But what is yet unclear about these centres is the ability to deliver on their promise of 100 per cent success in all examinations"
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7 > Graduate Applicants down 1000
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| The Duke Chronicle - Durham,N.C,USA |
| "This year's "extremely increased" security provisions for the GRE and for the Test of English as a Foreign Language have discouraged some foreign applicants and have also led to fewer test administrations abroad."
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