SAT Integrity Falls Victim to China Cheating Scanda

Barrons ^ | 01/25/2016 | ABBY SCHULTZ

[Kid Shelleen]

The future of standardized tests is again under the microscope after Ivy League scholars called for the tests to be made an optional part of university admissions, while renewed fears of widespread cheating in Asia has cast a pall over the exam’s integrity.

The College Board, which administers the SAT, found itself in familiar territory last week after cancelling the exam in five countries, including 43 sites in China and two in Macau, in a move that will sharpen focus on repeated security breaches that have allowed some foreign students to access test papers early. The exams were cancelled “on evidence some students could have been exposed to test materials,” Zach Goldberg, a spokesman for the College Board said in an email. Only select international schools attended by students with foreign passports are allowed to administer the test in China.

[Kid Shelleen]

Don't crack down on the cheaters. We should do away with test. /S

[glorgau]

Yep, back in the day when I was going for the CS degree, we used to call the Taiwanese students “Team Xerox”.

[Rusty0604]

I see your sarcasm sign but I thought at first that is what they are proposing.

[Will88]

Charge foreigners an arm and a leg to take the SAT and send US proctors over to administer the exams. We need to stop tolerating the cheating of foreigners in trade and SAT exams and anywhere else it is found.

[Kid Shelleen]

Correct, there is a growing movement to do away with standardized testing because liberals dont get the desired outcomes.
In this case the issue is really an academic scandal, but the libs use it to attack the SATs.

[Rusty0604]

I agree.

[setha]

They’re only as good as their source. Get the Xerox machine(s) of the group and watch their grades plummet.

[Will88]

I agree.

And I should added cheating on our immigration laws, our visa laws, our asylum laws, etc., etc.

[Oldexpat]

If you eliminate the SAT you will just have teachers charging for grades and recommendations. That normal in Asia anyway. My kids went to International schools in Asia and Europe. Bribing teachers was common amongst the rich Asian kids. They all thought it was impossible that our youngest son got a 1600 on his SAT(the old scoring) without cheating.

[stubernx98]

Many moons ago I took the SAT test for my brother. I was a year into engineering at the time. His counselor thought he should go into engineering too. He was a liberal arts guy. Only lasted a year in college