College Board Finds 27,000 Unchecked SATs

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<p>College Board Finds 27,000 Unchecked SATs By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer
2 hours, 19 minutes ago</p>

<p>BOSTON - The College Board disclosed Wednesday that 27,000 SAT college entrance exams missed being rechecked following the initial discovery of scoring problems, with the result that another 375 students were given incorrectly low marks. </p>

<p>In a news release, the College Board said that last week it asked Pearson Educational Management, which scores the exam, to confirm all 495,000 October tests had been rescored; that request followed an earlier oversight in which 1,600 exams were overlooked.</p>

<p>Last weekend, Pearson notified the College Board that 27,000 tests from the pool of October exams still had not been re-evaluated. They have since been rescored.</p>

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<p>i smell a horde of lawsuits</p>

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<p>college board is gunna be in paiiin</p>

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<p>collegeboard's going to be in pain if i'm one of those students</p>

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<p>you're not gonna do ****</p>

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<p>hahaha......</p>

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<p>From Collegeboard:</p>

<p>On March 19, 2006, the College Board was informed by its scanning vendor, Pearson Educational Measurement, that 27,000 of the original 495,000 tests had not been fully evaluated and that they would evaluate them promptly. Pearson has completed its investigation and an additional 375 students will receive higher scores. </p>

<p>In addition, as previously reported, on March 17 the College Board became aware that 1,600 student answer sheets from among the original 495,000 had not been rescanned. These tests have now been rescanned and a total of 18 of those students will receive higher scores.</p>

<p>The total number of students who have or will have higher scores re-reported is 4,411.</p>

<p>The 393 newly affected students, their high schools, and the institutions to which they sent scores will be notified as soon as possible.</p>

<p>Do you guys think it's sort of useless to notify the affected students and the institutions now as most of colleges have sent out their decision letters? I would rather prefer a refund!</p>

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<p>has there ever been this much scandal? it seems so shady...</p>

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<p>are any of these SAT IIs? Because my october scores were crap.</p>

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<p>It obviously possible, but how do you loose track of 27,000 tests? If they knew they administered 495,000 October exams, and they've only checked 468,000, would they be able to spot the problem?</p>

<p>It probably won't happen, but perhaps colleges should consider some sort of special summer admissions review for those whose tests were underscored. Almost like admission to a wait list. It wouldn't help that many people, but someone should make an effort to help remedy collegeboard's mistakes.</p>

<p>For $40, collegeboard really needs to get their act together. I read somewhere the other day about a group of teachers suing collegeboard for reporting that botching reports about a certification exam. America is quite sue-happy, and I am certainly not a lawyer, but this has most likely affected many lives.</p>

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<p>Read the link -
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_re_us/sat_scoring_error;_ylt=Ageav7LsBY6asoZJcGoqV5es0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_re_us/sat_scoring_error;_ylt=Ageav7LsBY6asoZJcGoqV5es0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Ouch! I'm glad I didn't retake the SAT a 3rd time...</p>

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<p>oh godd...</p>

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<p>rbbase: i will write them a very mean, spiteful letter that will hurt their feelings..........alot</p>

<p>maybe they can give all the affected students scholarships</p>

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<p>ok i took the very first new SAT....how do i know no1 screwed that up!?</p>

<p>seems like it be more likely theyd have a foul up the first time and not the like 10th time theyve administered it</p>

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<p>
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maybe they can give all the affected students scholarships

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They should seriously think about that, considering all of the huge money bags they're earning every year...</p>

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<p>Ok One thing's for sure, almost all of the kids that were affected had low SAT scores like 1300-1800/2400. I don't even think it's that big of a deal because if you have a 1300/2400 on the SAT, 100 or 200 points are not going to help you a lot.</p>

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<p>its an emotional thing maybe? lol</p>

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<p>collegeboard is going DOOWWWWNNNN</p>

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<p>Justin Pope should initiate a 60 Minutes investigation of Collegeboard/ Pearson.
I want a front row seat. This is outrageous!</p>