The other day I realized that visitors to Caveon’s website are very interested in “cheating methods.” John Fremer and Jamie Mulkey wrote an article titled “The Ten Most Wanted Cheaters” (http://www.caveon.com/articles/newsltr_04_Q1_1.htm) which is quite enlightening and informative. And, as a follow up to that article John Fremer and Don Sorensen created a “wanted poster” that [...]

A teacher, Carla Hammersley, in Michigan resigned recently for allegedly “violating administrative procedures” during this year’s administration of the MEAP (Michigan Education Assessment Program). She denies any wrong doing, but felt that resignation was her only real option. One option offered by the superintendent was three days suspension without pay and a letter of misconduct [...]

Occasionally I search for the latest thinking about how to prevent and detect cheating on tests. I saw this presentation from the Annual Conference (2007) of the Arizona State BON (Board of Nursing) and Statewide Nurse Educators (URL is below). In my opinion this presentation is very good and provides a lot of perspective for [...]

I am often asked, “What is cheating?” And sometimes I ask others the same question. My succinct reply is usually: “Cheating is when someone gains an unfair advantage.” And, naturally the next question is, “How do you define unfair?” “Well, when you break the rules,” I reply. THE RULES are often unstated and poorly defined. [...]