<p>So I in my school at each table there are four students seated, the tables are long and its pretty difficult to see the other persons answer key, but as we finished the MC of the AP English Lit exam, I was done early and decided to use the restroom as I got up I saw that two of the students at the table had very identical answer keys; I was not keenly looking but I just happened to glance, confirmed when I was coming back to sit down). I did not report this because I have no proof they cheated and if I did so they could be serious trouble. Does the CB flag answer keys or is it just based on proctors reporting. I know they flag answers keys for the SAT.</p>
<p>I was jw because I read a story of like 700 AP scores being cancelled due to cheating. I don't want my scores to be cancelled and I also want to avoid falsely accuse other students.</p>
<p>@bodangles I mean while that is true I wasnt intentionally doing it and if the OTI wanted to verify, my school has a sign out sheet for bathroom usage and when I came back there was less than a minute left (also logged on the sheet) so I couldnt really be suspect. Im more worried about the ETS thing where they compare answer sheets and flag them if two are like the same thing because that might negatively effect me and my peers.</p>
<p>You’re going to have a hard time selling that you weren’t intentionally looking at their exams. I mean when I’m walking I’m usually looking in front of me so I can see where I’m going; at my exam center I would have to look down and to the side just to get a glimpse of their answer sheet let alone be able to tell that it was similar to my own. So, it seems that if you did see their test to this degree you were probably doing it intentionally at least on some degree and you’re going to have a hard time selling me otherwise. Also, if you were all decent students then you should all have similar answers because they were right not because anybody is cheating. final point is: do you know how many answers I could change in 1 minute; taking about 10 seconds (very conservative estimate) per question, I could change 6 answers which is more than 10% of the test. All in all, were there people cheating in your exam room, probably yes, but to accuse these people with as little evidence as you have and with you probably looking at their answers more than they were looking at yours, I highly doubt they did anything wrong if that’s all you have as evidence.</p>
<p>Agreed with the rest of the consensus here. </p>
<p>1) You can’t report anything without admitting to looking at their answer keys.<br>
2) They’ll be fine. There are many reasons as to why they may have identical answers for most (or all) of the questions. </p>