Saturday, October 01, 2011

Nerd News: Cheating on the SAT

The infamy of this standardized exam is matched only by the history of cheating on it (and by the college admissions process that uses these exam scores).  Of course, every major exam system in history has had its history of cheating. (One of my favorite stories is from medieval China's bureaucratic entrance exams, during which some enterprising folks smuggled in answers inside steamed buns.)

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