The latest incident
Reuters has revealed that it gained access to ‘hundreds of questions’, and its investigation report attributes this exposure to lax security and a lack of preemptive measures.
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There have been other incidents in the past. For instance, the May 2013 exam was canceled in South Korea because some local test-prep companies got the test in advance. Such leaks happened because of the College Board’s re-use of tests already administered earlier. Reuters claims that this latest leak is even more threatening, since it involves the exposure of never-seen, never-used questions.
Here is the full statement:
The theft of unpublished test content is a serious criminal matter. The College Board and our
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The impact
The question remains: how will this incident affect the test takers – the large number of honest test-takers? It’s heartening to know that the number of people who cheat on the SAT is far less than 1 percent (Ray Nicosia, Head, Office of Testing Integrity at ETS). Further, these happenings are mostly restricted to China and South Korea.
As John McGrath, VP, College Board said, “Bad actors will continue to lie, cheat, and steal to the detriment of students who work hard and play by the rules.” But honest students cannot give up; doing so would be to the detriment of their own future interests and prospects!
Manya-The Princeton Review will continue to help honest, hardworking students to prepare for the SAT Test in an honest way.
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