Long Island SAT Cheating Ring - Great Neck

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The guidance department and the principal compared SAT scores with student grade-point averages, prosecutors said. Where SAT scores seemed high, they looked at where the tests had been taken and found that some of the widest discrepancies were with those who had opted to take the test off-site, where they would not be recognized.

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<p>In this case, I’m assuming that the students voluntarily reported or released their SAT scores to their high school, because they are under no obligation to do so. I don’t think the high schools would have had access to their scores otherwise.</p>

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In any case, according to people briefed on the investigation, those who confessed were suspended, forced to retake the SAT, forbidden from attending prom and required to do community service.

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<p>It is also interesting that the high schools had any authority to discipline the students for cheating on a test that was administered by a private company not affiliated with the school, and for which the high school has no right to even know about.</p>