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Report: 274 AP Psych Students At Quince Orchard Could Lose Credit
The Gazette: An improper cellphone video posted to Twitter could invalidate the Advanced Placement test.
An improper cellphone video taken at the testing center for Quince Orchard High School's advanced placement psychology exam and posted on Twitter could invalidate the exam for all 274 students, The Gazette reported.
Quince Orchard Principal Carole Working told The Gazette the video did not show the exam itself, but did show students walking down an aisle to take the test and something in bubble wrap that may have been the test.
It is against exam day policies to use electronic devices, including cellphones, smartphones and tablets, according to the report.
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Tom Ewing, a spokesman for the College Board and Educational Testing Service, the company that handles test administration and security, told The Gazette the case is still under review.
“We don’t know [how] the College Board will consider this,” Working told The Gazette. “Potentially as nothing, and that would be a very good outcome.”
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It is possible the students will be given an opportunity to retake the exam.
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