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dairyairy
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Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:26 am Post subject: Not again! SAT questions leaked in Seoul |
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Didn't this give Korean students a bad name when it happened last time? Does SMOE take this seriously?
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/10/113_144183.html
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Police launch probe into SAT question leaks By Bahk Eun-ji
Police launched an investigation into an alleged leak of test papers for the U.S. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) conducted on Oct. 5.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Friday that it is investigating private institutes that provide SAT lectures in Gangnam District in southern Seoul. The investigation will mainly target two institutes.
Police said they will focus on how the two institutions obtained the March test questions conducted in the U.S., the same set of tests given to candidates in Korea on Oct.5.
College Board, one of the co-administers of the test, oversees the question banks system for SAT, and it doesn’t provide sample tests.
Police will investigate whether there were professional brokers for the question leaks and whether lecturers were involved in the crime. They will also investigate how these private institutes are operated.
College Board and Education Testing Service (ETS) ㅡ the two administers of the test _ also take the latest test leaks seriously and said they are willing to cooperate with the police for the investigation.
“At this time, ETS and the College Board have no reason to suspect that any Korean test takers gained unfair advantage on the October SAT test but we take such matters seriously and will thoroughly look into any credible information received,” the College Board said in a statement.
After a series of question leaks in Korea, College Board has cut the number of SATs administered in the nation from six to four.
SAT is usually held six times ㅡ in January, May, June, October, November and December ㅡ but the test administer decided at the beginning of July that it will cancel two sessions that were scheduled for January and November for the 2013-2014 academic year.
The decision came after another question leak at some SAT cram schools in Korea when the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) and the Ministry of Education shut down after a prosecution investigation on June.
Critics claim that the education authorities should strengthen their monitoring of the SAT private institutes in order to prevent a recurrence of the leaks.
“There are 88 SAT schools in Gangnam and it is hard to set plans for inspections with only suspicions. We are also waiting for police investigation results,” said an official of SMOE.
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:25 am Post subject: Re: Not again! SAT questions leaked in Seoul |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
| Does SMOE take this seriously? |
I don't think so. |
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Ranman
Joined: 18 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Not again! SAT questions leaked in Seoul |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| dairyairy wrote: |
| Does SMOE take this seriously? |
I don't think so. |
It's a charade if they do care. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:24 am Post subject: |
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It is an American test for admission to American schools.
Why would anyone (outside of US academia) care...
It's not like it is relevant to anyone outside of the states for anything.
Much ado over naught.
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Police insist that they will initiate a crackdown on SAT cheating just as soon as they can schedule it into their busy annual crackdown schedule.
Seoul Police Person Kim said: "We treat cheating as a serious crime and we will look into investigating all instances of suspected cheating after we have confiscated all unmarked white envelopes from these Private Institutes." Continuing, "We will also initiate a crackdown on all exam cheating as soon as our crackdowns on prostitution, drunk-driving, illegal parking, sidewalk driving and red-light jumping ends."
When asked about any long-term investigation into Chaebol corruption, Seoul Police Person Kim said, "Who do you think we are? The Police?"
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Not again! SAT questions leaked in Seoul |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
Does SMOE take this seriously?
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They are not much of a serious organization to begin with. And they have had their share of scandals too. The question is, who is dirtier; the shady test leakers, or SMOE? |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:33 am Post subject: College Board's fault |
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| It's pathetic that the College Board re-used an old test for the Korea administration, if that's what this is saying. Why did they reduce the number of tests if they were just going to use an old test, that people had probably "hoo-gi-ed" (Korea students make a wiki of sorts after an exam, each improving, often by memory, what others remember). SMOE should not care at all, nor should the police be involved, imho. It's not some international treaty or something, just a supposedly non-profit company... |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
It is an American test for admission to American schools.
Why would anyone (outside of US academia) care...
It's not like it is relevant to anyone outside of the states for anything.
Much ado over naught.
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Saving face for one thing.
It's not that they care about cheating per se, but BEING CAUGHT cheating is another matter, and they have to put on a charade at least to show they kinda, sorta (not really) care about these things. |
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salutbonjour
Joined: 22 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| SAT trying to finger-point after an astounding display of ineptitude. Three times in a row the questions are leaked, the problem comes from the source of the questions not those who receive the leak. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| salutbonjour wrote: |
| SAT trying to finger-point after an astounding display of ineptitude. Three times in a row the questions are leaked, the problem comes from the source of the questions not those who receive the leak. |
There's an old saying that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course they care, but it's damn difficult plugging leaks. There is bound to be one guy who's offered enough money to risk his career. |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Of course they care, but it's damn difficult plugging leaks. There is bound to be one guy who's offered enough money to risk his career. |
It's not a leak, per se, it's an old test that people had seen before. Stupidity rather than corruption. |
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salutbonjour
Joined: 22 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Chaucer wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| Of course they care, but it's damn difficult plugging leaks. There is bound to be one guy who's offered enough money to risk his career. |
It's not a leak, per se, it's an old test that people had seen before. Stupidity rather than corruption. |
Even more ridiculous. SAT should tone down the number of tests given per year and focus on more question variety. This is stupid. |
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