http://www.reuters.com/article/us-college-security-act-exclusive-idUSKCN10L175
There’s a very good reason that nobody, except for our very own Reuters fanboy here, is even posting in any of these threads.
These articles are getting weaker and more and more pathetic.
An exclusive about how the ACT plans to audit a number of test centers? If my house gets robbed, isn’t it rather obvious that I would expect the police to investigate the matter and find the culprits? Do I need to write an exclusive about it and hope someone is dumb enough to give me another Pulitzer award?
What’s your criticism @markmeyes ? First you said Reuters was publishing lies, now you say ACT is doing the right thing by reacting to the Reuters reporting? Which is it?
As for “house got robbed,” well, that’s a truly atrocious analogy here. These are centers licensed, sponsored, and founded by the ACT, with full knowledge of ACT brass–they are test centers that also train kids for the ACT. Imagine paying money to prep for the test and then your teachers get copies of the test two weeks before it’s administered, and then you take the test in the same place you prepped for it, with the teachers you just paid now serving as proctors. Conflict of interest at the least, conspiracy to cheat far more likely.
As for calling me a “Reuters fanboy,” that’s laughable. I’ve been on CC for years and have spent the vast majority of my time here helping people with SAT/ACT/College App questions. I have no affiliation with Reuters at all; I post its articles because Reuters is the one shining the spotlight on abuses and unethical behavior in the testing industry, an industry I’ve been around for almost 15 years.
You are the one who only comes here to post inchoate, illogical, conspiratorial defenses of the ACT. You are the one who appears to have an axe to grind, @markmeyes .
You go, @marvin100!
Marvin, I TRULY appreciate every time you find another article about the Swiss Cheese that is ACT/SAT security. While I’m still a newbie in terms of posting, I’ve been lurking around this site for years and appreciate any information that helps me better understand how to help my students.
Prior to joining my wife as a tutor, I was in journalism and watched as U.S. broadcast and print news morphed from journalistic neutrality to “ratings first, facts second”. For example, in the year where I was increasing my work as a tutor while still doing radio news full-time, we were told to always lead with a story that involved “Home, Health, or Wallet” even if there was a more legitimate news story that deserved to be first. They were more worried about keeping listeners than informing them.
As an international news subscription organization, Reuters doesn’t have to worry about ratings points and can dig more deeply into stories that wouldn’t necessarily generate headlines on our side of the pond.
Thanks, @midtntutor . Best of luck to you.