Cheats force rejig of US test
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The Graduate Record Exam, the entrance examination for graduate schools in the United States, is being revamped and expanded as a result of widespread cheating. About 500,000 people/yr take the exam in 180 countries around the world. As part of the revamp, all students around the world will take the exam at the same time, regardless of time zone, in order to stop exam questions being posted on the Internet before some candidates should see them.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2005
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Gates gift spurs US schools to update
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, is spearheading a US$42 mil effort to overhaul high schools in the US in response to criticism that they are not effectively preparing student for university study. of the money, almost a third will come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money will be awarded to states that promise to overhaul and update their high schools.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2005
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Rain stops fair play for college hopefuls
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The College Board, which administers the SATs university admissions exams, has acknowledged that 4000 of this year's papers were inaccurately scored. The mistake as thrown the process into chaos only days before US high school students were to find out whether they had been admitted to the university of their choice.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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