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Re:U.S. students will take the SAT online by Eldandan on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @01:33PM (#39619294)
> try and prevent

Yeah, good luck with that. If there's one thing remote teaching during covid taught me it's that you can't stop someone from cheating during an online assessment.

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Re:U.S. students will take the SAT online by Buttons840 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @01:39PM (#39619399)
I graduated from WGU and I wouldn't have known how to cheat on the many proctored tests. The only special software I installed was Zoom. I had to have a detached USB camera and show myself and my testing area, and then during the test the camera was to my side showing both myself and the laptop screen.

I'm sure it's possible, but that seems just as secure as a random highschool teacher, which was the only anti-cheat of decades past.

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Re:U.S. students will take the SAT online by dylan604 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @01:52PM (#39619631)
my favorite cheating on a test scene ever is from Spies Like Us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSUOFleNRU

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Re:U.S. students will take the SAT online by MichaelNolan on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @07:35PM (#39623664)
> The only special software I installed was Zoom

I wonder when they changed that. I was there around 2014, and back then you either had to install their anti cheat software, or go to a local testing/proctor center.

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Re:U.S. students will take the SAT online by ahahahahah on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:49PM (#39621246)
How is that experience relevant? Students aren't taking the test remotely, they are taking it in a controlled test center, just possibly with their own device.
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