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May 17, 2006 |
| Dear Associate, |
In a recent opinion piece in The Christian Science Monitor, David Callahan author of The Cheating Culture writes, “Students may be cynical about what it takes to succeed these days, but they do care about fairness. And cheating is nothing if not unfair. Cheaters get rewards they don't deserve, like scholarships, admission to college or grad school, internships, and jobs. Cheating is the antithesis of equal opportunity - the notion that we all should have a fair shot at success and that the people who get rewarded are the people who deserve those rewards because they worked the hardest.”
I like David’s thoughts; cheating really is the “antithesis of equal opportunity.” I applaud his efforts to bring the battle home. Too often students don’t realize that whether they cheat or not, cheating has an effect on them – and it’s always bad.
If you’re involved with state assessments I’d like to invite you to respond to an online survey we’re conducting on state education test security. We’ll be presenting the results of the survey at next month’s National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment in San Francisco. Click here to take the survey.
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Best regards,
Don Sorensen
VP of Marketing
Caveon Test Security |
1 > A better way to prevent student cheating
The Christian Science Monitor
... Maybe academic integrity will never become a great campus cause. But if faculty can cast this issue as a matter of justice, and empower students to take action, perhaps some day they won't have to spend so much time playing cop..... |
2 > Houghton Mifflin Takes Action Against Piracy as Police Seize Thousands of Unauthorized Textbook Reprints in New Delhi Raids
Houghton Mifflin Co.
...Indian police confiscated copies of illegally produced Houghton Mifflin higher education textbooks and printing materials from the offices of All India Publisher and Distributors (AIPD) and All India Traveler Bookseller (AITBS) this week. Two truckloads of illegally reprinted copies of Houghton Mifflin textbooks were seized from AIPD, and 6,900 reprints and negatives from Houghton Mifflin titles were found at AITBS during police raids of the premises. ... |
3 > The story of Joseph Carruth and Camden test scores
Philly.com
...Joseph D. Carruth, principal of Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High in Camden, has accused Assistant Superintendent Luis Pagan of instructing him to cheat on the High School Proficiency Exams given ... |
4 > Research fraud rampant in China
The Christian Science Monitor
...Last week nearly 120 Chinese scientists living in the US wrote an open letter of concern to Ministry of Science officials, arguing that standards of research in China have dipped to such lows, that the country's reputation is on the line. Ironically, the desire to boost China's research reputation, and the pressure that puts on scientists, is partly fueling the corner-cutting... |
5 > CONFEESIONS OF SAT TEST FAKER
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
...A cocky Stuyvesant HS graduate who attends a top-tier New England university confesses he's taken dozens of tests for rich New York "slackers" - including SATs, Regents and community-college credit exams - for up to $800 a pop.... |
6 > Cheating in exams may soon be a crime
The Standard - Hong Kong
...Cheating at exams may soon become a criminal offense, the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority said. ... |
7 > Bok Backs Honor Code, but Will the College?
Harvard Crimson - Cambridge,MA,USA
...“Cheating—the most serious matter in an academic code of any kind—unfortunately exists everywhere, and while I would not say it was rampant, in my experience, at Harvard, it was somewhat surprising to see, during my three years on the Ad Board, just how much of it there was and how astonishing some of the cases were.”... |
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