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The increase in score was not the issue, it was that her answer pattern matched those of another. I don't see why she needs to grandstand with an attorney though.
A teen who improved her SAT score by more than 300 points now stands accused of cheating on the college admission test.
Kamilah Campbell, 18, an honors student and dancer at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami, Fla., was recently informed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and College Board (organizations that conduct the exam) that her SAT score of 1,230 is invalid.
There are simple solutions. One is to retake the SAT in a situation where there would be no possibility of cheating. The second is to take the ACT under a similar testing format.
It is certainly possible for someone to improve an SAT score by 300 points without cheating. I was inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt until I read this:
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“I studied and I focused to achieve my dreams… I won’t let ETS or anybody else take my dreams away from me,” Campbell said Wednesday in a press conference. Crump called Campbell’s case a civil rights violation. “There may be some implicit bias that we plan to find out,” he said.
“I studied and I focused to achieve my dreams… I won’t let ETS or anybody else take my dreams away from me,” Campbell said Wednesday in a press conference. Crump called Campbell’s case a civil rights violation. “There may be some implicit bias that we plan to find out,” he said.
If she cheated on her SAT, she took her dream away from herself.
is there ANY proof other than her answers were similar to another students? if so then lets see that evidence. if not then they need to let the scores stand.
OK, so the article describes Campbell as an honors student, and states that between March (when she first took the test) and October (when she retook it), she worked with a tutor and a SAT-prep company (and presumably both are documented.)
So why is it unreasonable to believe that due to this, she was able to legitimately raise her score?
Claiming that it's because her answers were similar to that of other test-takers seems a bit weak--in order to get a high grade, wouldn't it stand to reason that a lot of answers are going to be similar? Unless hers are identical to somebody she sat next to while taking the test, I'm not seeing why this is suspicious. I think ETS needs to explain their reasoning a bit more. Otherwise, I'm inclined to believe that Campbell just simply buckled down to bring up her score.
When I was a senior in high school, some national honor society students were caught cheating on a trigonometry test. They got let off lightly because the school didn't want to ruin their academic records or hurt their chances at being accepted into colleges. Too smart to fail.
Maybe they got hold of the test material. Lots of students get help passing tests by those who want them to succeed.
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