1. Cheating and Testing
Cheating and
Testing
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2. Cheating and Testing
Overview
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Introduction
In the news
Education and training
Testing
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3. Cheating and Testing
Introduction
“Cheating refers to an immoral way of achieving a goal. It is
generally used for the breaking of rules to gain advantage in
a competitive situation.”
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4. Cheating and Testing
In the news
The news media seems to have a daily reference to a scandal:
 political
 sports
 business
 marital
It seems to be part of the human condition, some might call it:
 a survival instinct
 a flaw in our genetic makeup.
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5. Cheating and Testing
In the news
However you perceive it, cheating's impact on our culture is huge
We need look no further than the sub-prime mortgage debacle
and its consequences.
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6. Cheating and Testing
Education and training
As it relates to the education of our children and the training of our
workforce, cheating is a common, everyday occurrence.
Anyone who educates or trains has experienced it, and chances are
these same people have also been guilty of cheating at some
point in their lives.
I doubt there is a person born who has not done something
immoral to achieve a goal.
Let's face it; given the proper conditions, Homo sapiens will cheat.
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7. Cheating and Testing
Testing
Testing is one of those activities where cheating is common.
If you google:
 "cheating in schools" you get 24,500,000 results
 "cheating in the workplace" gets 2,950,000 results.
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8. Cheating and Testing
Testing
A November 20, 2011 article in the Alanta Constitution begins:
“Thousands of dollars to media consultants. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars to lawyers. Millions of dollars to teachers
and administrators who do no work and who, in fact, are
suspected of doing harm. Taxpayers have already paid about $6
million for the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, and
they’ll likely pay a lot more.”
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9. Cheating and Testing
Testing
My search turned up an article in HigherEdMorning.com entitled
"The high cost of cheating: new study", which references a
study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The given formula seems to be good grades = better education =
better job prospects.
'The outlook is grim, since studies show cheating is on the rise.
 The most recent numbers have anywhere from 75% to 98%
of college students admitting they cheated in high school.'
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10. Cheating and Testing
So how do we who provide testing tools
help those who administer tests to deal
with this issue?
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11. Cheating and Testing
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