《华盛顿邮报》：曼谷考官详述SAT中国考生作弊过程

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摘要：ETS“推迟公布中韩两国学生10月11日考试成绩”的决定在广大中国考生和家长中掀起轩然大波。一时间，有人大骂ETS对中国学生不公，更有人宣称要提起诉讼。

　　前两天，ETS“推迟公布中韩两国学生10月11日考试成绩”的决定在广大中国考生和家长中掀起轩然大波。一时间，各种声音都有，有焦虑，有不安，有人大骂ETS对中国学生不公，更有人宣称要组织律师提起诉讼。

　　真相究竟如何，ETS和College Board这次为何下这么大的决心要给中韩考生一个警示?这封10月30日《华盛顿邮报》刊登的曼谷考官在11号考试结束后发给ETS的邮件，也许能说明部分问题。

　　以下为邮件全文：

　　“作为IB学校，我总为那些无法在泰国其他地方参加考试的学生提供考位是我们的职责，而且我们的人力和设施也完全能够实现这一点(泰国的SAT考场并不多)。

　　这个周六，我们一共为130名学生提供了考试服务。(但我要说的是，)为SAT考生们服务，我很乐意;为中国的SAT培训机构，我没有兴趣。(而他们的行径)绝对是有组织的犯罪行为：那130名学生有10位来自中国，他们不仅坐在同一排，而且准考证号是连号的。

　　很显然，这些学生的考试都是由同一个人注册，而这个人很可能是来自中国某个培训机构的员工。包含在该培训机构打包服务中的可能还包括签证申请、机票以及通过手机提前获取考试答案。我相信这些人一定从中大赚了一笔。不仅在泰国，在同一个时区的其他国家，他们可能也也如法炮制。

　　(一名作弊的中国女生被我们抓了现行，)她把iPhone手机藏在外衣口袋里。而当我们在考前收集学生手机时，她谎称早上已经把手机交由妈妈保管了，但她在考试过程中偷偷查看手机却戳破了她的谎言----她被监考老师抓了现行(我们并不会对考生进行搜身检查，所以考生到底有没有私藏手机我们也无从得知。)

　　检查她的手机时，我发现里面满满地都是当天试题的“正确”答案，所有都来自她一个叫Blue Ocean的“朋友”。根据这位考生的供述，这位所谓的朋友即是她所在中国培训机构的老师。后来考生还告诉我们，所有的答案都来自当天早些时候在澳大利亚举行的同一场考试。

　　事后，我尝试着拨打“SAT监考人员手册”中提供的号码进行举报，听到的却是语音回复。这里显然有一个问题：当我发现一个有组织的犯罪行为时，我需要一些指导，而且查看犯事考生的手机并跟踪答案提供者的联系方式对CollegeBoard来说无疑极为重要。

　　我不认为我有权利扣留该考生的手机，我也不想成为那个作此决定的人。考虑到此事可能的后果，我相信当考试在全世界范围内进行时，如果出台规定让工作人员留守以解决随时可能产生的问题，这当不会引发太大的争议。监考人员和考生可在考前同时签字表示同意。如果有这项规定，我在没收学生手机时可能会感觉更有保障。

　　对于那些老老实实备考的考生，我感到非常抱歉，他们有权要求在一个标准的、不受任何干扰的环境中考试。同时我还想说，到目前为止，在泰国考生身上我还没见过这样的作弊行为。的确，他们考试有时会超时，也有时会根据休息时他们朋友的建议试图跨区更正答案。但仅此而已。”

　　业内人士评论：

　　若要人不知，除非己莫为。

　　利用时差倒卖答案的行为在早几年笔者就有耳闻(2012年笔者带学生赴港考试时，在机场亲耳听到一鸭舌帽男打电话谈价码)，只是近两年，随着参考学生的递增，不断增长的竞争压力让越来越多的学生试图求助于非法途径。

　　有需求就有市场。而越来越猖獗的作弊行为也在一步步逼近College Board的底线。为了维护考试的公正和权威，College Board对作弊行为越来越采取零容忍的立场，从2007年取消韩国900考生成绩，到2013年首次取消韩国全国范围内的考试成绩，到这次超越国界的推迟公布，制裁越来越严厉。而其中受害最大的其实是那些无辜的诚信考生。

　　在此，笔者要奉劝那些借助其他途径的个人及机构，此等事情还是少做为妙。一是，CollegeBoard不会束手待毙，以后的防范措施肯定会升级，故风险极大;二是，为机构者，当以学生的利益为根本利益，不论是自己的学生还是他人的学生。如此才会有生根立命的本钱;三是，SAT考试绝对难度并不高，只要督促学生下功夫认真准备，达到一定的分数并非难事。与其提心吊胆倒卖答案，不如一心一意苦练内功，理直气壮得分，堂堂正正做人。

以下为载于《华盛顿邮报》的英文原文：

An account of exactly how students cheatedon SAT in Asia

“I have always felt that it is our responsibility as a World IB School to serve the wider community in Bangkok and offer seats to students that wouldn’t be able to take the SAT tests in Thail and otherwise. The College Board simply doesn’t have enough centers here. We havethe facility and staff needed to do this.

On Saturday we tested 130 students. I am not happy to serve test preparation centers in China though. This is certainly organized crime. The 10 Chinese students that tested at our center this Saturday all sat in the same row. They had consecutive regist ration numbers. This indicates that they were registered by one person, probably an officer at a Chinese test preparation center. Included in the test preparation center’s package is probably also visa application, plane ticket, and the option of getting the test answers sent to your mobile phone in the morning before the test. I am sure these guys make a lot of money. They are probably also represented in several countries across the time zones.

The test-taker that was caught had her iPhone hidden under her sport jacket. When we collected students’ phones before the testing began, she said that she had given her phone to her mother in the morning. We don’t strip-search test-takers, so it is impossible to know if they have a phone hidden in their clothes. Her mistake was that she checked the notes on her phone during testing, and one of the proctors noticed it.

As I searched her phone I saw that it was full of messages including theday’s“correct” test answers for each section. These messages were sent from her friends and a person called Blue Ocean, who according to the test-taker, is her teacher at the test preparation center in China. She further said that the answers were taken from a test given earlier that day in Australia.

I tried to call the TAS International phone number given in the SAT Supervisor Manual, but got to talk to an answering machine only.This is certainly a flaw that needs to be corrected. There is nobody who can answer your call outside office hours. I realized that I uncovered an organized crime, and I needed some guidance. Having a look the content of thetest-taker’sphone, and following up on the contact information of the people who distribute the test answers would obviously be extremely valuable for the College Board. Ididn’t feel that I have legal rights to keep her phone, and I certainly don’t want to be the person that makes the decision. Considering the scope of this, Iam sure it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle to have someone onstand-by who can answer the phone and give guidance in case of an emergency when the tests are administered around the world.

I also recommend that the ETS includes a standardized form in the SAT package sent to test-centers where it is stated that the test-taker’s unauthorized device is confiscated due to afraudulent situation and that it will be returned by courier or post after the content has been investigated. The form can then be signed by the supervisor and the test-taker. I would feel more comfortable confiscating a test-takers device this way.

I feel sorry for the test-takers that comeprepared to take the tests in an honest way, and who deserve a standardized,quiet andrelaxed setting. I also want to say that we haven’t seen this kind ofcheating among test-takers in Thailand. They try to work over time sometimes,and go back to previous sections to make changes based on recommendations from their friends during the break, but that’s about it.”（来源：外滩教育）