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<p>Agreed. At least at my school, the kids who cheat do so regularly–they’ll take a copy of a test on their phone, give out answers to quizzes/tests like candy, blatantly plagerize. And then there are the ones who leave or ask to change the topic when someone asks starts listing test questions. I don’t think there’s a particularly remarkable correlation between the high achieving kids and cheating. </p>
<p>I wonder if grade inflation is fueling cheating, though. B’s and even C’s used to be more common and perfectly respectable for an average student–now, not so much. Even lower-achieving (versus T10/20/whatever-bound) kids feel a certain pressure to get at least B, at least in my school. Not all these kids turn to cheating, however.</p>