scandal!!

[faith 0]

I took the ACT way back when I was going to college.... and I really don't see how you can cheat on it.

is it possible that the kid was having a bad day (hangover, sleepy, etc) when he took the first test?

[CarolineM 0]

yeah again - this child reads on an 8th grade level. It's more than just a "bad day"

[faith 0]

is this documented thru reading testing that he reads on an 8th grade level or was this determined by the first test that he failed?

[almaty 19]

i took the Act years ago, it would be hard to cheat

[Miranda&James 8]

i took the Act years ago, it would be hard to cheat

It is as far as looking onto someone elses papers. We have really specific guidelines about how people can sit and how far apart they have to be, and proctors like me are watching you like a hawk to be sure you aren't working on a section other than the one you are supposed to be on.

Interestingly enough, apparently you aren't supposed to be able to use mechanical pencils because students have folded up cheat sheets inside the barrels of them (but it isn't as if you know what will be on the test, so I don't see how that works!).

[almaty 19]

i took the Act years ago, it would be hard to cheat

It is as far as looking onto someone elses papers. We have really specific guidelines about how people can sit and how far apart they have to be, and proctors like me are watching you like a hawk to be sure you aren't working on a section other than the one you are supposed to be on.

Interestingly enough, apparently you aren't supposed to be able to use mechanical pencils because students have folded up cheat sheets inside the barrels of them (but it isn't as if you know what will be on the test, so I don't see how that works!).

those clever rascals

[Miranda&James 8]

i took the Act years ago, it would be hard to cheat

It is as far as looking onto someone elses papers. We have really specific guidelines about how people can sit and how far apart they have to be, and proctors like me are watching you like a hawk to be sure you aren't working on a section other than the one you are supposed to be on.

Interestingly enough, apparently you aren't supposed to be able to use mechanical pencils because students have folded up cheat sheets inside the barrels of them (but it isn't as if you know what will be on the test, so I don't see how that works!).

those clever rascals

That's what I said to the lady in charge of the testing center. Kids are so good at thinking up ways to cheat you'd think they would use that time to study and get a good grade

[Nizzy 1]

When I was in h/s word was going around that if you put clear lip gloss or chapstick on the sides of your answer sheet then the scantron won't be able to read it and hence won't score it as a wrong answer...I never tried it ofcourse...and I got a 23 on my ACT's...I was so bummed after taking it 3 times...same score each time...

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

yeah again - this child reads on an 8th grade level. It's more than just a "bad day"

As long as he's a great athlete.. who cares?

(actually, I do)

[Miranda&James 8]

When I was in h/s word was going around that if you put clear lip gloss or chapstick on the sides of your answer sheet then the scantron won't be able to read it and hence won't score it as a wrong answer...I never tried it ofcourse...and I got a 23 on my ACT's...I was so bummed after taking it 3 times...same score each time...

Trust me, I would notice if some kid started rubbing lipgloss down the sides of their scantron sheet! And if it's unreadable then you just don't get any score at all....it would have to score them as right, if it scores them as wrong you just get a score of 0. Unlike the SAT you don't get points deducted for being wrong on the ACT, they do still deduct on the SAT right?

[Nizzy 1]

When I was in h/s word was going around that if you put clear lip gloss or chapstick on the sides of your answer sheet then the scantron won't be able to read it and hence won't score it as a wrong answer...I never tried it ofcourse...and I got a 23 on my ACT's...I was so bummed after taking it 3 times...same score each time...

Trust me, I would notice if some kid started rubbing lipgloss down the sides of their scantron sheet! And if it's unreadable then you just don't get any score at all....it would have to score them as right, if it scores them as wrong you just get a score of 0. Unlike the SAT you don't get points deducted for being wrong on the ACT, they do still deduct on the SAT right?

Yeah I sort of guessed it was one of those stupid rumors that was going around....

I went to a school that had soooo many kids that we used the lunchroom for testing...I just think that cheating is so not worth it...in tests like these if you know it then good and if you don't then you just don't...