《华盛顿邮报》：有组织的犯罪 中国女生海外SAT考试作弊被抓

太原理工GAC-ACT中心按语：若要人不知，除非己莫为。

从事教育与ACT培训与考试多年，深知经过一个认真的学习之后，学生达到理想的成绩并不是难事。虽然我们也在考前进行必要的模拟训练，能看到学生在二模、三模中考试分数略有增长，主要体现在对考试节奏，做题顺序的把握上。虽然，每次模考完，老师都要进行全方位的分析讲解，但几次模考过后，学生分数就会停滞不前。所以，单靠做题的方式解决不了根本问题。

SAT作弊在中国已经是公开的秘密，考场的公然作弊主要有以下几种：一、利用时差倒卖答案的行为在早几年就有耳闻。二、 屡次进行SAT考试或陪考团的老师，考前、考中进行的辅导。三、雇枪手（这个因增加了照片要求后，收敛不少）。还有一种作弊广泛存在，不被家长学生认同，那就是SAT最近三年几乎没有出新题，反复使用旧题。而市面上历年考题遍地，培训机构根据出题规律，预测到本次使用那套考题，叫“机经”。这样靠押中原题，做过原题得出高分，学生、家长往往感觉庆幸。因为，考试押中概率的不确定性，才出现一次又一次的刷分。也导致用前面三种公然的作弊手段做为补充。其实以上几种，都是作弊，分数均不是考生真实水平的反应。只是几乎所有的SAT考生都在使用，普遍存在认定为合理了。

有需求就有市场。而越来越猖獗的作弊行为也在一步步逼近College Board的底线。为了维护考试的公正和权威，College Board对作弊行为越来越采取零容忍的立场，从2007年取消韩国900考生成绩，到2013年首次取消韩国全国范围内的考试成绩，到这次超越国界的推迟公布，制裁越来越严厉。

前两天，ETS“推迟公布中韩两国学生10月11日考试成绩”的决定在广大中国考生和家长中掀起轩然大波。一时间，各种声音都有，有焦虑，有不安，有人大骂ETS对中国学生不公，更有人宣称要组织律师提起诉讼。然真相究竟如何，ETS和College Board这次为何下这么大的决心要给中韩考生一个警示？这封10月30日《华盛顿邮报》刊登的曼谷考官在11号考试结束后发给ETS的邮件，也许能说明部分问题

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以下为邮件全文：

“作为IB学校，我总为那些无法在泰国其他地方参加考试的学生提供考位是我们的职责，而且我们的人力和设施也完全能够实现这一点(泰国的SAT考场并不多)。

这个周六，我们一共为130名学生提供了考试服务。(但我要说的是，)为SAT考生们服务，我很乐意；为中国的SAT培训机构，我没有兴趣。(而他们的行径)绝对是有组织的犯罪行为：那130名学生有10位来自中国，他们不仅坐在同一排，而且准考证号是连号的。很显然，这些学生的考试都是由同一个人注册，而这个人很可能是来自中国某个培训机构的员工。包含在该培训机构打包服务中的可能还包括签证申请、机票以及通过手机提前获取考试答案。我相信这些人一定从中大赚了一笔。不仅在泰国，在同一个时区的其他国家，他们可能也也如法炮制。

(一名作弊的中国女生被我们抓了现行，)她把iphone手机藏在外衣口袋里。而当我们在考前收集学生手机时，她谎称早上已经把手机交由妈妈保管了，但她在考试过程中偷偷查看手机却戳破了她的谎言----她被监考老师抓了现行(我们并不会对考生进行搜身检查，所以考生到底有没有私藏手机我们也无从得知。)。检查她的手机时，我发现里面满满地都是当天试题的“正确”答案，所有都来自她一个叫BlueOcean的“朋友”。根据这位考生的供述，这位所谓的朋友即是她所在中国培训机构的老师。后来考生还告诉我们，所有的答案都来自当天早些时候在澳大利亚举行的同一场考试。

事后，我尝试着拨打“SAT监考人员手册”中提供的号码进行举报，听到的却是语音回复。这里显然有一个问题：当我发现一个有组织的犯罪行为时，我需要一些指导，而且查看犯事考生的手机并跟踪答案提供者的联系方式对CB来说无疑极为重要。我不认为我有权利扣留该考生的手机，我也不想成为那个作此决定的人。考虑到此事可能的后果，我相信当考试在全世界范围内进行时，如果出台规定让工作人员留守以解决随时可能产生的问题，这当不会引发太大的争议。监考人员和考生可在考前同时签字表示同意。如果有这项规定，我在没收学生手机时可能会感觉更有保障。

对于那些老老实实备考的考生，我感到非常抱歉，他们有权要求在一个标准的、不受任何干扰的环境中考试。同时我还想说，到目前为止，在泰国考生身上我还没见过这样的作弊行为。的确，他们考试有时会超时，也有时会根据休息时他们朋友的建议试图跨区更正答案。但仅此而已。”

以下为载于《华盛顿邮报》的英文原文：

Anaccount of exactly how students cheated on SAT in Asia

“I have always felt that it is ourresponsibility asa World IB School to serve the wider community in Bangkok andoffer seats tostudents that wouldn’t be able to take the SAT tests in Thailandotherwise. TheCollege Board simply doesn’t have enough centers here. We havethe facility andstaff needed to do this. On Saturday we tested 130 students. Iam not happy to servetest preparation centers in China though. This iscertainly organizedcrime. The 10 Chinese students that tested at our centerthis Saturday all satin the same row. They had consecutive registrationnumbers. This indicates thatthey were registered by one person, probably an officerat a Chinese testpreparation ***ed in the test preparation center’s package isprobably also visaapplication, plane ticket, and the option of getting thetest answers sent toyour mobile phone in the morning before the test. I amsure these guys make alot of money. They are probably also represented inseveral countries across thetime zones.

The test-taker that was caught had heriPhonehidden under her sport jacket. When we collected students’ phones beforethetesting began, she said that she had given her phone to her mother inthemorning. We don’t strip-search test-takers, so it is impossible to know iftheyhave a phone hidden in their clothes. Her mistake was that she checkedthenotes on her phone during testing, and one of the proctors noticed it. AsIsearched her phone I saw that it was full of messages including theday’s“correct” test answers for each section. These messages were sent fromherfriends and a person called BlueOcean, who according to the test-taker, isherteacher at the test preparation center in China. She further said thattheanswers were taken from a test given earlier that day in Australia.

I tried to call the TAS Internationalphone numbergiven in the SAT Supervisor Manual, but got to talk to an answeringmachineonly. This is certainly a flaw that needs to be corrected. There isnobody whocan answer your call outside office hours. I realized that Iuncovered anorganized crime, and I needed some guidance. Having a look thecontent of thetest-taker’s phone, and following up on the contact informationof the peoplewho distribute the test answers would obviously be extremelyvaluable for theCollege Board. I didn’t feel that I have legal rights to keepher phone, and Icertainly don’t want to be the person that makes the ***ering thescope of this, I am sure it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle tohave someone onstand-by who can answer the phone and give guidance in case ofan emergencywhen the tests are administered around the world.

I also recommend that the ETS includesastandardized form in the SAT package sent to test-centers where it isstatedthat the test-taker’s unauthorized device is confiscated due to afraudulentsituation and that it will be returned by courier or post after thecontent hasbeen investigated. The form can then be signed by the supervisor andthetest-taker. I would feel more comfortable confiscating a test-takersdevicethis way.

I feelsorry 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 saythat we haven’t seen this kind of cheatingamong test-takers in Thailand. Theytry to work over time sometimes, and goback to previous sections to makechanges based on recommendations from theirfriends during the break, but that’sabout it.”