One teacher told the programme: In one secondary school judged outstanding by Ofsted, a teacher reported that pupils were ordered to copy coursework directly out of a textbook by one of the most senior members of staff.
Some are actually pushed out. One example of the pressures on schools to improve their exam performances may be seen in the case of Vicky Cobb, a pupil at Portslade community academy in Brighton.
But when it came time for Vicky to return to Portslade in , the school approached her mother. We were give no reasoning at all and we were like, hang on, why now?
In a statement, Portslade said: This should not have happened. What we detect is only the tip of the iceberg.
Plagiarism Channel 4 Schools Exams Higher education news. January 27, 4: Your worth is kind of judged on your academic success. A survey by the student newspaper, The Spectator, found a stunning 83 percent of responding students admitted they cheated at the elite institution. Cheating is most common among students in their third year, the most academically challenging because the grades count heavily on college applications, the December survey found.
To combat cheating in the age of smart technology, educational institutions are coming up with innovative strategies, from banning devices from testing rooms to screening for radio signals. Follow us on social media. Avoid high-stakes, one-time assessments. Last spring, Stuy administrators caught students sharing Spanish homework answers in a Facebook group with nearly students, senior Rafsan Hamid, a member, told The Post. Read Next Stripper punched out my teeth after I called her a bad mom.
A whopping 97 percent of juniors said they had engaged in academic dishonesty, while 56 percent of freshman said they had already cheated after just four months in the school. You are always trying to be on top, to be the best.
Last spring, Stuy administrators caught students sharing Spanish homework answers in a Facebook group with nearly students, senior Rafsan Hamid, a member, told The Post. The Facebook group was started as a way to discuss the class and homework, Hamid said, but it turned into a cheating ring. Students would submit their homework to the Vista Higher Learning Central site, an online homework submission portal, which kicked back instantaneous answers.
Kids then took photos of assignments with the correct answers filled in, and posted them for classmates to copy. A whistleblower student eventually alerted Spanish teacher Abigail Carpenter and the school administration launched a probe, The Spectator reported.
Several students who orchestrated the scheme received zeros on some assignments. No students were suspended. The Facebook group has since been shut down. Carpenter, who resigned this month, is no stranger to cheating at Stuy.