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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/cheating-concerns-force-delay-in-sat-scores-for-south-koreans-and-chinese/2014/10/30/8e64bd9e-6056-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html
Concerns about possible cheating on the SAT in Asia have led test overseers to withhold scores for students from China and South Korea who took the college admission exam nearly three weeks ago.
The nature and extent of the alleged security breach were unclear Thursday because the College Board and its contractor, the Educational Testing Service, revealed few details about the unfolding investigation. But the score-reporting delay could affect thousands of students seeking admission to U.S. colleges as November deadlines loom for early applications.
“Based on specific, reliable information, we have placed the scores of all students who are current residents of Korea or China and sat for the Oct. 11 international administration of the SAT on hold while we conduct an administrative review,” the College Board and ETS said in a joint statement. “The review is being conducted to ensure that illegal actions by individuals or organizations do not prevent the majority of test-takers who have worked hard to prepare for the exam from receiving valid and accurate scores.”
An international admissions counselor and the leader of an admissions and counseling network told The Washington Post that some students at test centers in other Asian countries reportedly were caught checking smartphones to get cribbed answers to SAT questions while taking the exam.
The alleged cheating cast a spotlight on a critical academic pipeline. China and South Korea are the top two suppliers of foreign undergraduates in the United States. There were more than 93,000 Chinese and 38,000 South Korean undergraduates in U.S. colleges in the 2012-2013 school year, according to the Institute of International Education.
AdvertisementThe College Board has declined to say how many students per foreign country take the SAT. But it is likely that most Chinese and South Korean applicants do. For many, Oct. 11 was a key test date because it was the last administration of the test before early applications start to come due on Nov. 1.
Matthew Lee, of Fairfax County, an education consultant for college-bound students in Korea, said his clients were “devastated” when they heard the Oct. 11 results were delayed.
Some worry that scores will be invalidated and they will have to take the test over again.
“They worked so hard over the summer,” he said. Lee said some parents wonder if their children should register for the test in another country, in case colleges harbor any suspicions about scores from tests taken in South Korea.
저희 이원진원장님의 영어이름이 Matthew Lee 되세요~
워싱턴포스트지에 이번 SAT시험지 유출 의혹에 관련 기사에 인터뷰를 하셨습니다.
역쉬, 원장님께서는 학생과 부모님들의 정정당당하게 시험본 학생들의 노고를 걱정하세요.
다시 볼수 있다는. 걱정하시네요.
10월 11일 시험 결과가 한국학생들에게 좋은 결과를 있길바래요
The College Board, a nonprofit organization based in New York, sought to allay concerns. It said scores “will be returned as quickly as possible” in November. “The College Board will make universities aware of the circumstances and can supply students with a letter to share with the schools to which they are applying,” the organization said in a statement.
At George Washington University in the District of Columbia, which recruits heavily from China and South Korea, a senior official said that a delay in score reporting would not disadvantage applicants from those countries. “We don’t want prospective students who’ve done nothing wrong to be worried about a negative impact on their applications,” said Laurie Koehler, GWU’s senior associate provost for enrollment management.
(출처: 워싱턴포스트)
최근 미국 대학입학자격시험(SAT) 시험문제가 유출됐다는 의혹이 제기되자
SAT 주관사가 국내 응시자들의 SAT 시험 성적 발표를 보류하고 조사를
진행하고 있다고 30일 밝혔다.
SAT 주관사인 칼리지보드(College Board)와 공동주관사인
미국교육평가원(ETS)은 “구체적이고 신뢰할 만한 정보에 입각해
한국과 중국에 거주하는 응시자들이 치른 10월11일 SAT 시험 결과를 검토하고
있으며 이에 따라 성적 발표를 잠시 보류하고 있다”고 밝혔다.
최근 학원가에서는 지난 11일 치러진 SAT 문제가 국내의
한 어학원에서 수천만원에 불법 유출됐다는 소문이 끊이지 않았다.
여기에 11일 시험 성적이 한국에 거주하는 응시생들에게만 통지되지
않았다며 관련 문의가 이어지자 ETS의 국내 대행사는 미국 본사에 질의했다.
칼리지보드는 국내 대행사에 보낸 답변에서 “모든 학생에게 공정한 시험 환경을
보장하고자 하는 데에 뜻을 같이하는 신뢰할 만한 제보를 존중한다”며
“이러한 정보에 근거해 모든 시험 성적이 정확하고 유효하다는 것을
보장하기 위해 필요한 조치들을 적극적으로 취하고 있다”고 설명했다.
주관사 측은 “우리는 검토 과정을 통해 특정 개인이나 기관의 불법행위가 시험을
성실히 준비한 다수의 응시자들의 정확하고 유효한 성적 취득에 영향을
미치지 않도록 하고자 한다”며 불법행위에 대한 제보를 당부했다.
칼리지보드는 현재 상황이 미국 대학 수시모집 원서접수 시기와 맞물려 있는
만큼 성적에 대한 검토를 최대한 신속하게 진행해 오는 11월 중순에는
학생들에게 개별적으로 통보할 방침이라고 밝혔다.
아울러 미국 대학들에도 이 같은 상황이 발생했음을 알리고 원서 접수 시
한국·중국 지원자들의 시험성적 제출이 늦어지는 사정을 감안할 것을 당부할 방침이다.
칼리지보드는 “SAT 성적 전체를 취소하는 상황을 피하고 응시생들의 피해를 최소화하고자 노력할 것”이라고 설명했다.
[출처 : 경향신문]
