The Ministry of Education on Monday issued amended rules concerning punishments for cheating on national exams in response to a growing trend of using technology to cheat on the tests.

The idea is that when exams measure performance through analysis of information, the ability to find facts is not that helpful.

On April 23, ACT and Advanced Placement test materials were discovered missing from what was described as a “very secure area” within the school, Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Tustin Amole said.

This story describes one teacher’s experience where his supervisors suggested that students should be given hints during the exam.

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.

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.

Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa is in trouble with the local police after being taken in for questioning about cheating in an examination for a captain`s recreational yachting licence.

-Al Meyers has written a rather involved reaction to the AJC series of cheating stories.
-He states, “These are SERIOUS allegations leveled by a local newspaper. Instead of having direct evidence of cheating, they are saying, ‘Here’s some data we compiled – it’s not conclusive, but we think you should look into it.’”

What a shock: Smart guys with affluent parents cheat on tests for fun and profit. It’s true that money can’t buy good morals or respectability. A fancy paycheck and fancier home can’t insulate your children from their own foibles, fallibility and foolish choices.