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- Referred to higher education
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in
Purpose
To codify newly created security procedures for the administration of undergraduate college admission tests.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends section 340 of the education law to add five new definitions.
Section 2. Amends the education law to add a new section 344-d in relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and testing site registration and sign in requirements.
Section 3. Requires testing agencies to report to the higher education committees one year after the effective date.
Section 4. Sets for the effective date.
Justification
This bill is necessary to create deterrents from cheating on post secondary standardized tests and to improve identification verification of those who take such exams in this state.
In recent months, an SAT cheating scandal was discovered on Long Island. It was found that high school students were paying large sums of money to college students who falsified identifications and took the SATs for them. This scandal included up to 50 students, some of who were middle men who connected the impersonating test takers with the high school's students who had the ability to pay up to $3,600 for another to take the exam for them.
The Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education held hearings on this issue in October of 2011. It was discovered that lax test site identification procedures and no test take reporting requirements allowed such egregious conduct to occur.
With the increasing number of college applicants fighting for limited spots, getting into the college of your choice has become more and more competitive. Therefore, there has been increased importance placed a student's SAT or ACT score. When a student cheats, such behavior has the potential to displace honest, hard working students from the most competitive colleges. Students who didn't earn and don't deserve such coveted placements should not have this unfair advantage.
Legislative history
2013-14 S.1658/A.6809; 2012 S.77I9
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the 1st of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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