Eighty-four percent of students at a public research university believe students who cheat should be punished, yet two of every three admit to having cheated themselves. Most of the cheating students admit to involves homework, not tests, and they see academic misconduct applying differently to those two kinds of work.

Instead of severely punishing the girl, the teacher sat her down while the other kids went to recess and had a long “adult” conversation about doing the right thing.

The story highlights the fact that if you want to administer exams securely, you can do it. Just don’t expect to do it for free. Security costs.

Nearly half those who cheat in social games also cheat in real life. If these behaviors were independent, we would expect only twenty percent, not fifty percent.

As one clinical psychologist said, “These exams, as research instruments, are priceless! They cannot be replaced!” Clinical psychologists have done their best to safeguard the security of these exams, but pressures from website operators and lawyers seeking disclosure of questions has taken a toll.

The cheaters are able to respond quickly using new technologies. These were paper-and-pencil exams in large administration settings.

The Board of Law Examiners invalidated the candidate’s score after proctors observed cheating behavior and a statistical analysis provided evidence that was consistent with cheating behavior.

Clear Creek ISD officials are trying to determine how about 200 English IV students at Clear Lake High School were able to get test answers before taking their final exam in December.

a newspaper filmed examiners telling teachers which subjects were likely to come up and even which questions to expect. The evidence from the videos is indesputable and clearly shows examiners explaining to educators their blatant disregard for fairness.

- A principal in the Philippines has been suspended for “simple dishonesty,” a downgrade from the charge of “dishonesty” that was the result of cheating complaints by three teachers. As a result, she has been suspended for three months.
- The principal’s defense? (1) She doesn’t handle exams, (2) Guilt by association, (3) It would have been done better if she had done it.