The new security measures were developed in response to the NY college-test cheating scandal where college students took the ACT and SAT for high school students.
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- 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?
“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.
Read moreThe former NY attorney general thinks that investigations by lawmakers into cheating on the SAT is just move to grandstand. There is a valid point to be made for this position. But, lawmakers could definitely help if they were to implement laws against “exam subversion” like those implemented by Minnesota. Right now, there are very [...]
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