This week over 10 million Chinese students took part in the "largest-scale" college entrance exam in the world. The extremely competitive annual examination is widely regarded as the make-or-break test for university admission by the Chinese. Only one-in-four will get a college spot so students do everything they can to maximize their chances of success. The pressure surrounding the exam has turned cheating into an underground industry.
In one province two teachers and 29 students were caught cheating. One of the teachers was charged with selling various cheating devices including transmitters and tiny earphone receivers. The teacher allegedly made a profit of more than 400,000 yuan ($60,000).
Speaking of large-scale testing, in two weeks Caveon Test Security will be exhibiting at the National Conference on Student Assessment in Los Angeles, California. Over the last five years we have worked with over fifteen states to improve the test security of standardized state testing. If you’re attending the conference please stop by our booth and learn how Caveon can help you ensure your test scores are fair and valid.
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1 > Online Study Tools or University Cheat Sheets?
In the old days, university students might turn to classmates for help during all-night cram sessions before final exams. Now their study buddies are just as likely to be commercial Web sites with step-by-step solutions to textbook problems, copies of previous exams, reams of lecture notes, summaries of literary classics, and real-time help with physics, math and computer science problems. “It’s a backup,” said Chris O’Connor, a pre-med sophomore at Columbia University in New York. He said he relied on a popular site, Cramster, to unravel complex math and science problems. “Many professors who return homework won’t tell you how you got it wrong — just that it’s wrong. This way you can complete the feedback process, which is essential to learning.”
2 > Exam cheats to be caught on camera
Video cameras will be installed in almost 60,000 test centers around the country to prevent students cheating in the national college entrance examination, scheduled for June 7 and 8. The Ministry of Education’s test center will monitor the videos and keep all footage for future investigation in the event of any cheating allegations, said Zhang Weizhou, assistant to the center’s director.
3 > Admitted Cheater Sues To Attend Graduation - Education News Story - WLKY Louisville
A Superior Court Judge has denied a Jeffersonville High School student’s petition for injunction.
With graduation less than 24 hours away, Kristen Reno sued the Greater Clark County School Board, asking Judge Jerry Jacobi to grant an injunction that would have allowed her to walk in the school’s graduation ceremony Saturday morning.
4 > Change in exam-proctoring works: ministry - Thanh Nien Daily
With far fewer students caught cheating or otherwise breaking the rules in this year’s high school graduation exams, the Ministry of Education and Training is claiming some success for its previously criticized changes to the way the exams are organized and proctored. In the three days of exams starting on Tuesday, 299 examinees were booted out for various offences like using crib sheets or even making a social call on a cellphone, down by more than 500 from last year, the ministry told a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
5 > Two teachers detained for college entrance exam cheating - Peoples Daily Online
Two teachers and at least 29 students have been caught cheating in the national college entrance examination in Songyuan, Jilin province. Liu Yanhua, from the No. 1 High School of Fuyu County in Songyuan City, was charged with selling 27 cheating devices, including receivers, earphones, chargers and batteries, to parents of students before the national test.
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