SAT考官口述中國女生考試作弊

　　下文為曼谷考官在11號考試結(jié)束后發(fā)給ETS的郵件，客觀陳述了在他監(jiān)考的考場親自發(fā)現(xiàn)的中國女生作弊行為。

　　“I have always felt that it is our responsibility asa World IB School to serve the wider community in Bangkok and offer seats tostudents that wouldn’t be able to take the SAT tests in Thailand otherwise. TheCollege Board simply doesn’t have enough centers here. We have the facility andstaff needed to do this. On Saturday we tested 130 students. I am not happy to servetest preparation centers in China though. This is certainly organizedcrime. The 10 Chinese students that tested at our center this Saturday all satin the same row. They had consecutive registration numbers. This indicates thatthey were registered by one person, probably an officer at a Chinese testpreparation center. Included in the test preparation center’s package isprobably also visa application, plane ticket, and the option of getting thetest answers sent to your mobile phone in the morning before the test. I amsure these guys make a lot of money. They are probably also represented inseveral countries across the time zones。

　　The test-taker that was caught had her iPhonehidden under her sport jacket. When we collected students’ phones before thetesting began, she said that she had given her phone to her mother in themorning. We don’t strip-search test-takers, so it is impossible to know if theyhave a phone hidden in their clothes. Her mistake was that she checked thenotes on her phone during testing, and one of the proctors noticed it. As Isearched her phone I saw that it was full of messages including the day’s“correct” test answers for each section. These messages were sent from herfriends and a person called BlueOcean, who according to the test-taker, is herteacher at the test preparation center in China. She further said that theanswers were taken from a test given earlier that day in Australia。

　　I tried to call the TAS International phone numbergiven in the SAT Supervisor Manual, but got to talk to an answering machineonly. This is certainly a flaw that needs to be corrected. There is nobody whocan answer your call outside office hours. I realized that I uncovered anorganized crime, and I needed some guidance. Having a look the content of thetest-taker’s phone, and following up on the contact information of the peoplewho distribute the test answers would obviously be extremely valuable for theCollege Board. I didn’t feel that I have legal rights to keep her phone, and Icertainly don’t want to be the person that makes the decision. Considering thescope of this, I am sure it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle to have someone onstand-by who can answer the phone and give guidance in case of an emergencywhen the tests are administered around the world。

　　I also recommend that the ETS includes astandardized form in the SAT package sent to test-centers where it is statedthat the test-taker’s unauthorized device is confiscated due to a fraudulentsituation and that it will be returned by courier or post after the content hasbeen investigated. The form can then be signed by the supervisor and thetest-taker. I would feel more comfortable confiscating a test-takers devicethis way。

　　I feel sorry for the test-takers that come preparedto take the tests in an honest way, and who deserve a standardized, quiet andrelaxed setting. I also want to say that we haven’t seen this kind of cheatingamong test-takers in Thailand. They try to work over time sometimes, and goback to previous sections to make changes based on recommendations from theirfriends during the break, but that’s about it。”

　　譯文：

　　“作為IB學(xué)校，我總為那些無法在泰國其他地方參加考試的學(xué)生提供考位是我們的職責(zé)，而且我們的人力和設(shè)施也完全能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)這一點(diǎn)(泰國的SAT考場并不多)。

　　這個周六，我們一共為130名學(xué)生提供了考試服務(wù)。(但我要說的是，)為SAT考生們服務(wù)，我很樂意;為中國的SAT培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)，我沒有興趣。(而他們的行徑)絕對是有組織的犯罪行為：那130名學(xué)生有10位來自中國，他們不僅坐在同一排，而且準(zhǔn)考證號是連號的。很顯然，這些學(xué)生的考試都是由同一個人注冊，而這個人很可能是來自中國某個培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)的員工。包含在該培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)打包服務(wù)中的可能還包括簽證申請、機(jī)票以及通過手機(jī)提前獲取考試答案。我相信這些人一定從中大賺了一筆。不僅在泰國，在同一個時區(qū)的其他國家，他們可能也也如法炮制。

　　(一名作弊的中國女生被我們抓了現(xiàn)行，)她把iphone手機(jī)藏在外衣口袋里。而當(dāng)我們在考前收集學(xué)生手機(jī)時，她謊稱早上已經(jīng)把手機(jī)交由媽媽保管了，但她在考試過程中偷偷查看手機(jī)卻戳破了她的謊言----她被監(jiān)考老師抓了現(xiàn)行(我們并不會對考生進(jìn)行搜身檢查，所以考生到底有沒有私藏手機(jī)我們也無從得知。)。檢查她的手機(jī)時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)里面滿滿地都是當(dāng)天試題的“正確”答案，所有都來自她一個叫Blue Ocean的“朋友”。根據(jù)這位考生的供述，這位所謂的朋友即是她所在中國培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)的老師。后來考生還告訴我們，所有的答案都來自當(dāng)天早些時候在澳大利亞舉行的同一場考試。

　　事后，我嘗試著撥打“SAT監(jiān)考人員手冊”中提供的號碼進(jìn)行舉報，聽到的卻是語音回復(fù)。這里顯然有一個問題：當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個有組織的犯罪行為時，我需要一些指導(dǎo)，而且查看犯事考生的手機(jī)并跟蹤答案提供者的聯(lián)系方式對CB來說無疑極為重要。我不認(rèn)為我有權(quán)利扣留該考生的手機(jī)，我也不想成為那個作此決定的人?？紤]到此事可能的后果，我相信當(dāng)考試在全世界范圍內(nèi)進(jìn)行時，如果出臺規(guī)定讓工作人員留守以解決隨時可能產(chǎn)生的問題，這當(dāng)不會引發(fā)太大的爭議。監(jiān)考人員和考生可在考前同時簽字表示同意。如果有這項規(guī)定，我在沒收學(xué)生手機(jī)時可能會感覺更有保障。

　　對于那些老老實實備考的考生，我感到非常抱歉，他們有權(quán)要求在一個標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的、不受任何干擾的環(huán)境中考試。同時我還想說，到目前為止，在泰國考生身上我還沒見過這樣的作弊行為。的確，他們考試有時會超時，也有時會根據(jù)休息時他們朋友的建議試圖跨區(qū)更正答案。但僅此而已。”