1 > ABCNEWS Primetime Poll: Cheating Among Teens Common, Effective
ABCNews - 4/29/04
"In an exclusive ABCNEWS Primetime poll of 12- to 17-year-olds, seven in 10 say at least some kids in their school cheat on tests. Six in 10 have friends who've cheated. About one in three say they themselves have cheated, rising to 43 percent of older teens. And most say cheaters don't get caught."

2 > JAMB And Exam Malpractices
AllAfrica.com - Africa
"Because most parents want their children to succeed at all cost they are prepared to go the extra mile in buying exam question papers for them. Nowadays everything now has a price tag. A university degree continues to be regarded as a meal ticket. Many young lads are anxious to get it to capture a lucrative job. Only the very few are still interested in real learning. All these are symptoms of the moral bankruptcy of our time."

3 > Cheats Face the Heat
Toronto Star - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"As more colleges and universities across North America require students to use laptops in class, particularly in business and computer courses, they have had to grapple with a rising tide of cyber-cheating. Ryerson University and Durham College are two of 160 schools across the continent using a new computer program called Securexam."

4 > Wireless Transmitters Used in TOEIC Tests
Digital Chosun - Korea
"The Cyber Terror Response Center (CTRC), which is investigating illegal admissions into universities, received testimony that there was unlawful usage of wireless transmitters during TOEIC exams and started investigations Friday."

5 > Photos to Stop Cheats in Exams
BBC News - England
"Children sitting entrance exams for some of England's grammar schools are to be photographed - to prevent cheating. It is feared parents could send stand-ins to sit entrance exams for their children."

6 > Leak forces WASL testing one day early
Tacoma News Tribune - Tacoma, WA, USA
"Tests are invalidated for three main reasons: if students are discovered cheating; if teachers improperly administer the test (by helping students, for example); or if teachers give special education students assistance outside of what's allowed in special accommodations."

7 > Putting the Lie to Lying
FortWayne.com - 4/29/04
"The evidence," said Michael Josephson, president of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, "is that a willingness to cheat has become the norm ... The scary thing is that so many kids are entering the workforce to become corporate executives, politicians, airplane mechanics and nuclear inspectors with the dispositions and skills of cheaters and thieves."

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