College Board’s President Pledges Review of SAT Security After Cheating Scandal

The president of the College Board said today that a recent SAT-cheating scandal had prompted the testing organization to review its security at test sites worldwide, according to the Associated Press. The president, Gaston Caperton, said a security-consulting firm founded by a former FBI director, Louis J. Freeh, would conduct the review. Mr. Caperton spoke at a hearing this morning held by New York State senators to look into the cheating scandal. In the scandal, several former high-school students in Great Neck, N.Y., were arrested for allegedly hiring someone to pose as them and take the SAT, for fees of up to $2,500 each. Mr. Caperton said the College Board was considering beefing up its checks of test takers’ ID, including the use of digital photographs of each student. Also at the hearing, the president of Educational Testing Service, which administers the SAT, said it spends $10-million to $25-million a year on security.