Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]

[Jim Wildman <jim@rossberry.com>]

Hmm, I'll leave this on the list til Doug boots it off.

If you are talking about standardized tests (SAT,ACT, Iowa, TASS), then
those tests all have proctoring requirements.  Homeschoolers often take
them at the same time as government school kids.  If you are talking
about the daily work aspect, then the same problems exist as there
would be for students in a study group who are supposed to 'do their
own work'.  However, since most families only have 1 child in a 'grade',
it is somewhat more difficult for a particular child to 'cheat'.  The
greatest deterrent to cheating has always been an observant teacher who
has lots of time to watch.  It is hard to beat the student/teacher ratio
in a home school.  Even a large family (say 8 kids) has a 3 times better
ratio than many of the government institutions.

Maybe you can quantify the question better?

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On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Doug Loss wrote:

> This came in last night.  I'm not sure why it came to us rather than to a group primarily
> focussed on home schooling, but coule the home-schoolers on this list help Sunil out
> here?  Thanks.
>
> owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:
>
> > From: sas59@cornell.edu
> > To: seul-edu@seul.org
> > Subject: Cheating and home schooling
> >
> > I am curious about how cheating is regulated with home
> > schooled children.  How is it ensured that no cheating
> > occurs with the tests they take at home?  I appreciate
> > your forthcoming response.
> > Thank you,
> > sunil
>
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