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[quote=Anonymous]This is from an astute College Confidential comment:

"The 36 year old was the test proctor and he changed the answers after tests were turned in."

And as I mentioned in my post about IMG Academy, the 36 year old was Mark Riddell who was the "Director of College Entrance Exam Preparation" at IMG Academy, a $75,000 a year private HS sports academy in Bradenton, Florida. Before his bio was deleted from IMG's website, it described Riddell helped student athletes gain admission to Stanford, Duke, Columbia, Dartmouth, and the University of Chicago, among others, while also creating the test preparation program curriculum at IMG Academy.

In the Singer case, Riddell is accused of actually taking SAT and ACT exams for Singer's clients and also acting as a proctor at the Houston or LA test centers, where he would coach the test takers to change answers or he would change their answers after they turned in the tests. Riddell went so far as to obtain handwriting samples and practice students' handwriting so his written test answers would not be suspicious.

If I were in the FBI, here are a few things I'd want to know:

- How and why was a Director of Test Prep for a private school in Florida hired to be a proctor in Texas or California?
- How did Singer - who lived and worked in California - come into contact with Riddell - who lived and worked in Florida- and know Riddell would be willing and able to fake test results?
- Do we really believe that Riddell was only faking tests for Singer's clients and not the students of the $75k a year private high school he was employed at, which has substantially the same clientele as Singer?[/quote]

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