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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cell phones are supposed to be banned except for lunch. Granted, I know it's hard for a teacher to catch everything, but shouldn't they be able to catch a few?

I say this because in my child's math class, a student brought their phone out. The teacher saw, walked up and took the test right off the desk. Then the teacher said anyone else who was caught with a phone wouldn't just fail the test but the entire quarter.

Threats like that can minimize cheating, I would think.[/quote]

Administration will not let teachers do this.  Otherwise, it might work.  Teachers get no top cover from administration to deal with cheating.  And anyone who thinks this issue is localized to one HS is confused; this issue exists in every FCPS HS and innmany other HSs (public and private) nationwide.

In China, the cheating on key exams (Gao Kao) is so severe and so widespread, that they now give the exams at the exact same time/day nationwide.  Similar issues with widespread cheating on key national exams in India also.[/quote]

I forget which off top of head but I'm aware that some countries (mostly in Africa IIRC) actually turn off internet access across the entire country during the administration of national standardized exams. Not endorsing that idea at all, but just an example of how rampant the issue is and how challenging it is to solve for.[/quote]
True. I’m an immigrant and in my country of origin, the internet is literally shut down whenever a national standardized test is given. People complain of course but it does help to reduce cheating. 🤷‍♀️ [/quote]

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