Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Unethical Assessment Behavior Mr. Womack teaches at on-level U.S. History course to juniors. After giving an assessment on the Progressive Era, where he saw substantial student growth, a student stayed after class to tell him that their was a lot of cheating going on during the exam. Mr. Womack was very upset about this going on because he felt that he watching the students very closely. He wants to punish the class with a harder assessment since the cheating occurred. He has though about giving a free response test, but realizes he lack of time to make the new assessment and grade each written response. He is not sure where he should go from here. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Unfortunately it will be difficult for Mr. Womack to prove that students were cheating. The best solution is for Mr. Womack to keep the information he learned from the student to himself. However, going forward he may want to give different version of the same test - such as test A, B, and C. The only extra time it will take him is in filling out the three scan sheets.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Without proof of cheating Mr. Womack's options are limited. I agree that he should take it as a learning experience and alter the test in this way to prevent cheating ever occuring again. Rated On: October 17, 2014 4:24 pm Rated By: MaXuDe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Different versions of the test would help to stop cheating in a large high school classroom. Rated On: October 17, 2014 11:45 pm Rated By: qyDyXu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I like the idea of providing different versions of the assessments as a way to prevent cheating. Rated On: October 18, 2014 1:51 am Rated By: JepyBe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree that Mr. Womack may have to let this situation go this time, and prepare better for the next assessment. I like the idea of giving different versions of the test. Rated On: October 18, 2014 6:36 pm Rated By: Amy McBride                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This solution is exactly what I thought of. Giving different versions of the test would definitely cut down on cheating. I have to give two different versions of tests and assessments to my little second graders because I have a few that have wondering eyes. Rated On: October 19, 2014 5:03 pm Rated By: Whitney