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Giant of Exam Business Keeps Quiet on Cheating
September 28, 1997
NY TimesThe man on the telephone said he was a Louisiana teacher and had a stolen copy of the standardized test that Mr. Weston's company, Educational Testing Service, administers to teachers who want to be school principals. As the caller read off question after question, Mr. Weston's skepticism turned to alarm.
Click Goes the Mouse
1995
US News
Computerized graduate school entrance testing reduced
January 6, 1995
Boston GlobeAs part of its effort to reduce the possibility of cheating on the computerized Graduate Record Exam, the Educational Testing Service is eliminating about three-quarters of the test dates scheduled in the next five months.
Kaplan to stop sending test-takers to exams
January 4, 1995
Baltimore SunFacing a lawsuit filed by the Educational Testing Service, Kaplan Educational Centers has agreed to refrain from sending test-takers to memorize questions on computerized ETS examinations for the next two weeks, ETS said yesterday.
Graduate school exam back on-line at least 'til Jan. 22
January 4, 1995
Chicago TribuneYanked from beneath the noses of anxious college seniors late last year, the Graduate Record Examination went back on-line Tuesday, even as continuing security concerns prompted further cutbacks for the test, a widely required passport to graduate studies.
Kaplan illegally obtained test questions, suit says
January 1, 1995
Baltimore SunA dispute over computerized testing of graduate school applicants has led to a legal battle in Baltimore's U.S. District Court.
Educational testing service sues exam-coaching firm; courts: suit charges that questions on computerized test were stolen by company that revealed its weaknesses
January 1, 1995
LA TimesJust a few weeks after suspending its computerized version of graduate school admission tests, the Educational Testing Service has filed a federal lawsuit against the company that revealed the program's vulnerability to cheating.
Computerized GRE at suit's center a test-preparation firm found the electronic version could be duplicated. It told ETS. Now ETS is suing.
January 1, 1995
Philadelphia InquirerEducational Testing Service, based in Princeton, has filed a federal suit against Kaplan Education Centers for allegedly stealing questions from its high-tech version of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE).
Computerized graduate test to resume
January 1, 1995
The Washington PostThe Education Testing Service said yesterday it will resume administering the computerized version of its Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Jan. 3.
Lawsuit filed against test preparation firm
January 1, 1995
Sun-Sentinel
Grad school hopefuls face a cruel yule
December 24, 1994
Chicago TribuneThis is normally high-anxiety season for college seniors, what with deadlines looming for getting applications to graduate school in order.
Redesign of computerized admission tests is urged
December 17, 1994
Boston GlobeThe news that students could cheat on the computerized version of the national graduate school admission exam because the questions are recycled so often they can be memorized has some people questioning the new high-tech look of the testing industry.
Computerized graduate exam called easy mark
December 16, 1994
The Washington PostThe computer version of the Graduate Review Exam, which more than 100,000 prospective graduate school students take each year, will be shut down for a week this month because officials of the company that administers the test believe it may be too easy to cheat on.
Computer Admissions Test Found to Be Ripe for Abuse
December 16, 1994
NY TimesThe Educational Testing Service, which administers the nation's leading standardized admissions test for graduate schools, boasted when introducing a new computerized version a year ago that the test was nearly infallible.
Security flaw cancels graduate record exam
December 16, 1994
Chicago TribuneEducational Testing Service suspended giving the Graduate Record Examination by computer until Jan. 3 after learning how some students could memorize questions to help others cheat later.
Computerized test hits glitch / Cheating possible on grad exam
December 16, 1994
USA TodayA computerized version of the exam used for entrance to graduate schools has been put on hold after agents from a test-coaching firm showed that it's easy to cheat on the exam.
Computerized GRE pulled after coaching company reveals security flaws
December 16, 1994
Associated PressEducational Testing Service will suspend Graduate Record Examination testing by computer during the last week of December after learning how some students could memorize questions to help others cheat later.
GRE test goes high tech * paper, pencils giving way to computer screens, mouse
November 27, 1994South Bend Tribune
Teacher breaks GRE code; test service makes amends.
November 3, 1993
The Daily ReveilleGraduate Exam Will Be Revised
November 9, 1993
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