Written By: Dennis Maynes, Chief Scientist, Caveon Test Security Lately, I have been bemused by reports of “cheating investigations” which have uncovered “pervasive test fraud” in school systems throughout the country. The investigations were data-mining enterprises which found anomalous data. [Data mining is the intensive review of a large amount of data looking for “interesting” [...]

Written By: Dennis Maynes, Chief Scientist, Caveon Test Security Last Sunday, a team of journalists at the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) published a series of stories describing a gain-score analysis that they had conducted with the intent of uncovering cheating in schools. There were 69,000 schools from over 3,000 districts represented in the analysis. The [...]

Written By: Steve Addicott, Vice President, Caveon Test Security According to some sources, the phrase above originated in ancient China.  And, depending upon who you ask, it reflects either a curse, or a blessing.  The phrase rings loudly these days for all kinds of reasons–political, economic, environmental, etc.  This is particularly true in the testing [...]

Written By: A collaborative effort from Caveon’s Web Patrol team “I never hear from them anymore.” When was the last time you thought that about someone you know? When was the last time you were the person a friend said that about? In our busy lives we get pulled in so many directions in today’s [...]

Written By: Dennis Maynes, Chief Scientist, Caveon Test Security The Reader’s Digest had a humorous anecdote in the January 2012 issue. A marine recruiter helped a color-blind recruit memorize the order of the colors on the test to help him pass the physical. When shown the test page during the physical exam, the young man [...]