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Monday, October 22, 2007
Penn State test center will help profs, may discourage cheating - Genaro C. Armas, The Associated Press
Swipe your ID card through the reader, take your ticket to your assigned cubicle, and don't forget to smile for the video cameras. Pennsylvania State University's new testing center will be a lot like those on other campuses, with 160 private cubicles each equipped with a computer. But the process of qualifying to enter it may be worthy of the CIA. As well as giving time-crunched professors more flexibility in the type and timing of the exams they give, the center represents one of the most comprehensive efforts nationwide to discourage cheating. The center will help "level the playing field for all students," said Will Kerr, who manages testing services for the university.
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