Some of Berkeley High’s best students are among nearly three dozen students suspended for hacking into the school’s attendance system, an act that could lead to criminal prosecution, administrators said Thursday.

On May 23 and 24, the KU Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation will hold its first scholarly conference to focus on using statistical analysis of answers as a way to detect test fraud through patterns of irregularity. Neal Kingston, director of the center, says that the conference will “benefit students by creating a fair system so that everyone is on an equivalent playing field.”

Sixty-seven more Atlanta Public School educators have been barred from the classroom because of their involvement in the district’s cheating scandal.

Gary Rubinstein offers in this thoughtful analysis other manipulations with respect to school performance data that may be as damaging or more than test tampering.

Dozens of Bowie High students, some of whom were skipped ahead a grade level without explanation, did not take tests that would have affected the school’s standing with the state and federal governments, an internal audit by the El Paso Independent School District showed.

It’s quite apparent that the mobility issue has not be seriously studied. AJC quoted another expert who stated that critics, and not AJC, should produce research demonstrating that mobility is an explainer of large gains.

Evidently, the friends stopped the teacher who was on his motorcycle and demanded that he allow their friend to cheat. After refusing the request, the friends ran over the teacher with their car. A police officer took the dying man’s statement on the scene.

Cheating accusations and evidence are not always clear cut or dealt with promptly. In the story below, seven police officers who were accused of cheating in the 1990′s are suing to get promoted and receive back pay. The union isn’t buying the story.

High school students have more opportunity and methods to cheat than ever before. There appears to be more pressure to get good grades. These have led to using Facebook for cheating, which in turn means higher rates of cheating.

- The army is providing security to prevent the test booklets from being stolen while in transit or during delivery.
- Test booklet “leakage” is a common problem that plagues Pakistan and India.