- Is it really easy to cheat on the SAT? No one knows how many students actually cheat.
- ETS claims a very good success rate with catching cheaters, but such a claim must be supported by rates of false positives and false negatives. The principal of Great Neck Schools says cheating is widespread across the country. But, what does “widespread” mean? Can it be quantified?

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“We launched Identica to enhance the security of our exams, which are widely used for immigration and citizenship, higher education and business, and need the highest levels of integrity,” Sarah Corcoran, Director at Cambridge Assessment stated.

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-The recent SAT scandal suggests that facial recognition may have been used to prevent or at least verify instances of exam fraud. The NY DA and senators have raised the issue as one that ETS and the College Board should consider.
-Such technologies require investment, but maybe the time is ripe for the testing industry to be using these technologies.

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-For years, American college admissions officers have seemed to be saying: “Chinese cheat. It’s just the way they are, and accepting this is part of the cost of doing business in China.”
-In other words, gaining a student who can pay full admission is the goal; gaining someone honest is not.
-I wouldn’t call this a “conundrum.” I’d call it a disgrace, and one that I viewed first hand.

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