Many wrote that, following conventional wisdom, they believe there is more cheating. Responses to the Tatler Poll showed a few clear trends in student opinions on cheating. But are more people cheating? And if so, what is Lakeside planning to do about it? Now most classes offer tests on a normal schedule, with some adaptations for the online format. As the pandemic stretched through the summer and into the fall, it became obvious that in the case of online tests, they were delaying the inevitable. In the spring, Lakeside cancelled most tests and offered assignments that could only help students’ grades. As they navigated confusing instructions and poor WiFi connections, AP students asked themselves: isn’t everyone just going to cheat anyway? In the U.S., most ACT and SAT tests were cancelled, but the AP tests were offered online.
Teachers have systematically redesigned their assessments to confront our darkest temptations(nytimes)Īlmost immediately after schools across the world shut their doors and went online in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question arose: what to do about tests? In the United Kingdom, A-level exams (something of a cross between the U.S.’s SAT and AP tests) were cancelled and scores were instead awarded by a controversial predictive algorithm.
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