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June 3, 2005 |
| Dear Associate, |
Remember last time when I wrote about searching the Web for test content? One site I didn't mention was eBay. You may ask, "Test items for sale on eBay?" My answer, a definite "Yes." In fact, there's an interesting article this week about this very topic.
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| An examinee that failed the 2002 American Board of Surgery exam, was permitted to review his test, (as was the practice at the time) for a period of time. During that time he said, "I was able to take notes very quickly and wrote down about 100 questions with the correct answers." |
| Soon after that, 86 questions from the exam were listed for sale on eBay with the following description: "These are the actual certifying general surgery board questions with correct answers, guaranteed to improve your test score… Why take the chance at failing, getting a year behind your peers...? Get an advantage now!" |
| The case was settled last month and the test thief agreed to pay $36,000, the estimated cost of creating and testing new test items. |
Regards,
Don Sorensen
Caveon Test Security |
1 > Cheating MD Spurs Rule Change
CBS News - USA
...Doctors who fail the American Board of Surgery written exam are no longer allowed to review their tests privately after one man wrote down the answers to dozens of questions and offered them for sale on the Internet. ...
Related Story: Doctor's cheating forces test changes |
2 > Who says cheaters never prosper?
Winnipeg Sun - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
...According to Debra Dawson, more than 80 per cent of students say they've never cheated. I think they're lying. As director of the educational development office at the University of Western Ontario, Dawson specializes in topics such as academic integrity and plagiarism. |
3 > Students who cheat now using new array of gadgets to get that 'A'
eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan
...Scribbling notes on your hand or peering at another student's test? How old-fashioned. Today's cheaters use scanned paper candy wrappers, MP3 players and camera phones.... |
4 > CSAT Exam Cheaters Face Tougher Penalties
Korea Times - Seoul,South Korea
...Those taking the annual college entrance exam this year will only be allowed to use pens distributed by exam supervisors. They will also need to pass a metal detector test to go to the bathroom during the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), scheduled for Nov. 23 this year. Those who cheat will have their scores nullified and will be banned from taking the exam for a maximum of two years... |
5 > ISTEP cheating could affect accreditation
Linton Daily Citizen - Linton,IN,USA
...The Indiana Department of Education has ruled that ISTEP+ preparation materials used by Shakamak Elementary School third- and sixth-grade teachers too closely replicated the actual test, giving students an unfair advantage....
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| Test Security Tip |
By Cyndy Fitzgerald, Senior Test Security Director, Caveon
There are three key areas that you should be tracking, if your program uses computer based testing. They are test scores, data forensics, and response latency. The first two also apply to paper-n-pencil tests. First and foremost, it’s essential that you monitor any changes in test scores over time. You can choose to either track the scaled test score or you may want to simply monitor pass rates in the case of licensure and certification testing. I recommend the development and review of a report that includes an analysis of scores over time. You can look at the overall test performance across geographies as well as countries and test sites, in the case of licensure and certification; and school districts, schools and test administrators in the case of education. You may also want to consider conducting a retake analysis to determine if there are any extreme changes in test performance by examinees over time.
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