Possible SAT Test Information Leak

<p>SAT</a> test allegedly leaked in SKorea - World - Wire - Kentucky.com</p>

<p>“SEOUL, South Korea – A U.S. educational organization is investigating allegations that a student in South Korea leaked a copy of a standardized SAT college admissions exam to fellow students in the United States, an official said Friday.
A South Korean who was believed to be applying for admission to a U.S. university appears to have smuggled SAT test papers out of an exam in Seoul in January, and then e-mailed copies to a South Korean student in the U.S. who was to take the same exam a few hours later, South Korean broadcaster MBC reported.
The test papers also were circulated to South Korean students in a U.S. high school, MBC said, saying it had obtained scanned copies.”</p>

<p>How is this just coming to light, 4 months+ after the fact?</p>

<p>What does the korean student have to gain, what’s the motivation?</p>

<p>And finally, HOW did it happen? The school where my d has tested (3x total) is meticulous about getting all the tests back afterwards.</p>

<p>Very small cameras can be made today. The one in my laptop is about a quarter inch by a quarter inch and less than 3/8 inch thick. It might be possible to stuff a camera and some electronics into a pair of eyeglasses or a watch or a pen.</p>

<p>The proctors in my d’s rooms walked the room during the entire exam, and students were to leave phones out of the room. Of course the system isn’t infallible but the whole thing boggles my mind.</p>

<p>Will the College Board throw out all the tests for the January date? That would affect a lot of graduating seniors whose college acceptances and decisions were partially based on those test scores.</p>

<p>Hypotheticly, what is someone signed up for the SAT in South Keorea, purely to take the test, and run out of the room with it and run off. Would they void every test in the world over this?</p>

<p>Is it also not possible the proctor themself is involved in this? Could they not Xerox one of them, either before or after, for somebody.</p>

<p>This is outrageous. If the College Board does not take public and timely steps to deal with this – schools should start switching to ACT.</p>

<p>It is difficult for me to beleive that the South Korean authorities will not hand over the email addresses that the stolen tests were sent to. Has the College Board even asked? The U.S. schools should demand that action.</p>

<p>This is a great example of why the same tests administered abroad, in different time zones, and on Sundays should all be different, IMO! This is so unfair to those who to the majority of students who took the test without cheating. It makes me so angry. ECEagle makes a good point about how cameras could be stuffed into eyeglasses today. Knowing this, why administer the same test a day later?</p>

<p>I thought the tests were different. I know the Sunday tests are nothing like the Saturday tests. Why don’t they do the same for internationals?</p>

<p>We have a school in our state which can no longer administer SATs after a history of faulty supervision (lots of wandering eyes, secretive text messaging, and proctor leaving the testing area.) The good (?) news is the students still had miserable scores so did not earn a leg up on anyone (hopefully).</p>

<p>How many kids did these tests get passed around to? And the College Board hasnt announced any inquiry? Do they care more about test fees than equity? They should all be ashamed – the school in Korea where this happened should not be allowed to give tests, and the quality control people in the US should answer for this.</p>