Test fraud at school in Sneek
More than four hundred students from the HAVO and VWO department of the Bogerman in Sneek have to re-examine one or more school exams. The school management decided this after they found out that tests had been viewed in advance
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These are students who are in the last two years of HAVO or VWO. During the test week, there were 91 different types of tests. More than four hundred students now have to recreate thirteen of these.
Rector Jan Osinga of Bogerman explains that things went wrong with the tests especially for students with dyslexia. These students take the test with headphones and the questions are read aloud. “Seventeen of these tests were online an hour in advance on a disc that everyone could access,” says Osinga. "Students discovered this and made more and more use of it over the course of the week."
Abuse
Thanks to 'whistleblowers', the school management found out. “We immediately closed the route,” says Osinga. "It was our fault that the tests are online for everyone, but taking advantage of that is just fraud."
It was our fault that the tests are online for everyone, but taking advantage of that is just fraud
It concerned school exams and they fall under the final examination decree and the testing and closing program. The Education Inspectorate has been informed. Together with colleagues, the rector searched for remarkable login behavior. Osinga: “After research, it turned out to be large. A photo was even taken of keys and distributed via Whatsapp. ”
Measures
It is not clear how many students knew about it, saw tests or participated. The school is now taking action after an extensive investigation. “Three of the seventeen keys have remained untouched,” says Osinga. “These remain valid. More than four hundred students have to retake thirteen tests and one student has to redo one test.” It's mainly about the languages. “The tests will be rescheduled in the coming weeks,” says Osinga. "It's sad for students who have nothing to do with it, but it's about school exams. You can't doubt that."
Lecturers also have a lot of extra work, according to the rector. "They have to think up test questions again and check everything."
