Exam Cheating Revelation at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command Prompts Investigation

After cheating allegations by a sailor who revealed the circulation of exam answers between trainers and trainees on nuclear reactor, the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command prompted an investigation. So far, more than 20 people are said to be[...]

Test impersonator takes the GMAT over 500 times before being caught

Do you believe it’s possible for someone to sit in on an exam or test, impersonating a student or test taker over 500 times?

Education Administrator Initially Ignores Cheating Scandal

In 2010, Noyes Education Campus principal, Adell Cothorne, instantly gets the word out regarding a cheating incident where teachers were erasing and correcting students’ test answers arbitrarily. The District of Columbia Schools chancellor learns[...]

Student Uses Tissue Paper in Attempt to Cheat on Exam

Students at Scottish Universities, including Glasgow and Aberdeen, developed resourceful exam-cheating methods. An undergraduate students had answers written on tissue paper and then checked them in the university’s toilets. According to Daily[...]

Air Force Cheating Scandal Widens

92 US nuclear missile officers implicated in a growing exam cheating scandal.

ProctorFree - ProctorFree Attends the UPCEA Online Summit

Last week, I attended and exhibited at the University Professional & Continuing Education Association’s (UPCEA) Summit for Online Leadership & Strategy (SOLS) at Coronado Island in San Diego, California. UPCEA is a nationwide organization focused on[...]

Student Cheating by the Numbers

Our friends at BestCollegeReviews asked us to share the infographic below. We thought it contained some great data about academic integrity and student cheating so here it is.

Researchers succeed in digital image manipulation experiment

Researchers at MIT have been able to digitally manipulate people’s photographs to make them more memorable. Their experiment had a 74% accuracy success, paving new ways as to how digital image manipulation can enhance a person’s memorability in an[...]

Reading skills test improved to prevent results manipulation by teachers

Six-year-old students in England are required to take a reading skills test after one year of schooling. This test aims at identifying those students struggling with reading. In the summer of 2013, a suspiciously large percentage of students got[...]

ProctorFree - School Changes Testing Protocols Because of Test Photos

Kapiolani Community College has made significant changes to its testing policies for their Radiologic Technology Program because of a student grievance that uncovered highly technical cheating. A photographed image of a test was circulated via email[...]