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.

Posted on: 10/17/14 | Views: 939
Solution #1
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.

I agree with this solution. The best thing to do is to keep the information to them self and figure out a way to change the testing style for the next test. I think the use of test A B and C is a good strategy.

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Solution #2
The difficulty of the test has nothing to do with cheating. Also, punishing the whole class for the actions of a few is unfair to those who did not cheat. There are several strategies Mt. Womack can use to ensure that rampant cheating is not a problem. Desk placement can help discourage students from cheating off their peers. Preferential seating for students the teacher suspects will cheat will also discourage those behaviors. Mr. Womack should also move around the room and monitor students to make sure they are not cheating. Finally, it sounds like a good idea for him to refresh the students on the school's academic code.
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Solution #3
The teacher should consider changing the seating arrangements in his class. Also, he should take into consideration the students who did NOT cheat on the exam. They should not be punished with a harder exam because their classmates decided to cheat. For the next assessment, the teacher could give essay type questions. This would help with the cheating situation because it would be obvious if the student copied his or her peer's response.
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Solution #4
If the teacher was very careful at watching the students, he has to go by what he saw. I would definitely look into the situation, but sometimes students can be dramatic. If the teacher did not have his eyes on the student as well as he thinks, he needs to think of a different desk set up that would minimize cheating possibilities.
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