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1 > OC court orders students to retake AP tests - San Jose Mercury News
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Students whose Advanced Placement tests were thrown out because of irregularities and cheating at a Mission Hills testing site will have to retake the tests, a judge ordered Wednesday.
A group of students sued Educational Testing Service last week over the invalidation of AP exams at Trabuco Hills High School, alleging the company did not investigate allegations of cheating and improper proctoring before throwing out hundreds of tests taken in May.
William Mitchell, an attorney who represents 42 students and their parents, had asked the court to halt the makeup exams and force the testing service to explain why the tests were invalidated. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jamoa Moberly denied the request, which means more than 260 students will likely retake the exam that is used to obtain college credits.
2 > Cisco simulator can help thwart exam cheating - Network World
A Nashua, N.H., maker of Cisco network simulators says its software can help enterprises make sure they are hiring legitimate Cisco-certified engineers to run their networks.
Gambit Communications says its MIMIC Virtual Lab software, which has been on the market for about four years, can help resolve the recent spate of cheating on Cisco certification tests by enabling enterprises to run network operations candidates through sample scenarios before hiring them. This allows enterprises to screen candidates to ensure they are not hiring fraudulent network operators at handsome salaries.
3 > Podcast: beating the GMAT (without cheating)
Preparing for the GMAT business school admissions test has been more nerve-wracking than usual recently. GMAC, the not-for-profit body that owns the exam, announced in June that it had won a court order to shut down Scoretop, a website it had accused of improperly featuring questions still being used in the computerised exam.
In the light of this drama, I decided to have a chat with Dave Wilson, chief executive of GMAC, about the dos and don’ts of getting ready for the GMAT, which aims to test verbal and mathematical ability through multiple choice questions and essays (it is also a “computer-adaptive” test, which means it gets harder the better you do).
4 > Two Plead Guilty
The fate of Scott Joseph and Nyron Toney will rest in the hands of Magistrate Adrian Darmanie when they re-appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for cheating at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Communication Studies exam.
The two 18-year-olds pleaded guilty, at a previous hearing on July 23, to having prior knowledge of the exam paper. Darmanie, sitting in the Tunapuna Second Magistrate’s Court yesterday, signalled his intention to send a clear message that cheating in school examinations will not be tolerated. He deferred his sentencing to Monday, after hearing a mitigation plea from defence attorney Yaseen Ali at yesterday’s hearing. Darmanie stated that it was also new territory being explored in the criminal justice system.
5 > Seventeen SNU Students Punished for Cheating
Seoul National University has given failing grades to 17 pre-med students after they were caught cheating on their final exams by using their cell phones. The school also ordered them to behave themselves and reflect on their wrongdoings. But the punitive measure is virtually ineffective, as it does not have binding force. All the 17 students involved will have to take the class again next year, the school said Tuesday.
6 > Massive forgery in teachers’ colleges
The National Examinations Council of Tanzania’s (Necta) yesterday revealed details on the widespread forgery of academic certificates in enrollment for teacher training colleges. The agency reported to have discovered 405 cases of cheating in one college alone after screening 658 candidates who enrolled for studies in 2006.
7 > The Press Association: Council targets Gmat exam cheats
Business-school students in Britain will be investigated for cheating after a website offering questions to a worldwide entry test was exposed and shut down. Scoretop.com offered prospective MBA students the opportunity to buy questions for the standard entry exam the “Gmat” before an FBI investigation led to its closure in June.
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