More info on the SAT Cheating scandal CC mentioned ... uh oh..

[jym626]

http://www.examiner.com/article/boycotting-the-sat
Uh oh…

But there are lots of hands in this particular pot. Even College Confidential is being used as a conduit for test questions.

“We got a recycled test, BTW. US March 2014,” says one poster. And from this basic information test prep professionals or particularly savvy students build a Google Doc in which they can compile all questions and answers. All they need to know is when this test will be recycled by the College Board for international test sites.

But a message needs to go out to the College Board, hopefully supported by the colleges that continue to recruit and admit a large number of students from countries where cheating takes place: Cheating on the SAT must end and if it isn’t brought under control, we will take our business elsewhere.

In other words, until the problem is fixed, students might consider boycotting the SAT® Reasoning Test in favor of the ACT. Colleges might also consider de-emphasizing the role of the SAT in admissions or maybe even take the plunge and go test-optional.

And with some of the changes the College Board has in mind for next year, this may not be such a bad idea

[jym626]

Meant to include the last sentence about the Google docs and cheating from the first paragraph:

It so happens that June 2014 may be the test for Asia on Saturday.

CC is a conduit?? Oops!!

[fnaticMSiNate]

@jym626‌

The only thing I don’t get is that asian countries have a timezone greater than US.

Do you mean that Asain countries are cheating by giving the test dates to US test takers?

They should make different versions of the same test. 3 possible tests for different timezones. Sorted.

[jym626]

Looks like China has 4 time zones http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-asia24.php

[ucbalumnus]

China has one time zone, but it is as “wide” as three or four time zones.

But that does not matter much if the entire test is recycled from one given months ago.

[marvin100]

Exactly, @ucbalumnus. If this test is indeed the June '14 US test, then it’s likely some test-takers have taken the exact same test–after all, many students move between Asia and the US, and some students even fly to Guam or other US locations for testing. The CB has to stop leaving the door open for these despicable cheaters.

[fnaticMSiNate]

Why don’t CB stop recylcing tests?

And also are they cheaeting by knowing which year and which paper they will sit?

[jym626]

Yesterdays questions and responses are being actively discussed here http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1710207-official-january-2015-sat-us-only-thread.html and in several other threads. International discussion is here http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1716043-january-2015-sat-thread-international-students-p33.html