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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by yummyfajitas on Monday July 14, 2014 @06:56AM (#8030338)
The tests ask for multiplying 3 digit numbers. That's a lot of memorizing.
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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by octo_t on Monday July 14, 2014 @08:47AM (#8030599)
that was a simple example. A better example might be memorizing quotes from a book to regurgitate in the test*

* (I had to do this as part of GCSE English in the UK - I expect a similar situation in the US)

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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by yummyfajitas on Monday July 14, 2014 @09:14AM (#8030716)
Why don't you look at the real tests and see if such tricks are possible?
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