Newest College Board controversy sparks #RefundAugustSAT
Less than two months after the College Board’s June SAT controversy, another issue has left students and parents venting their frustrations on social media.
This time, students are demanding that the College Board #RefundAugustSAT.
First @CollegeBoard ruins June SAT for students with flawed scoring. Now they re-use LEAKED questions in August SAT, disadvantaging honest students and helping cheaters? SHAMEFUL. #BanSAT, they care about profits, not futures. #RescoreJuneSAT and #RefundAugustSAT are not enough
— Seht Fawks (@SehtFawks) August 28, 2018
❗❗IMPORTANT❗❗We are getting reports that the August 2018 SAT was the same as the LEAKED international October 2017 SAT. The October SAT was known to be leaked for a long time. #RescoreJuneSAT #refundaugustsat pic.twitter.com/UIhwzaNEYO
— One Step Higher (@OSHMovement) August 25, 2018
@CollegeBoard I don’t want to compete with international students who had already seen today’s SAT so #refundaugustsat and CANCEL the scores and provide seniors an extra opportunity to take the SAT again. You took the money and DO NOT CARE TO WRITE A NEW TEST?
— Jacky (@jwang_0328) August 26, 2018
This is not even a petition. This is a request. While I absolutely respect the operation of @CollegeBoard, the August SAT has compromised the fairness of the SAT program in a whole – largely inflating scores and invading my baseline. That I will not tolerate. #refundaugustsat
— Bobby Xiao (@BobbyXiao1) August 26, 2018
As reported on the Inside Higher Ed. website, the latest SAT test was allegedly leaked internationally.
Images on social media seem to indicate that questions used on the Aug. 25 SAT were available earlier in Asia.
While the questions that were circulating on social media were administered in the United States and not in Asia, students who had found the questions may have had an unfair advantage on the Aug. 25 SAT.
Despite the outrage from test-takers, the College Board asserted on Twitter that the Aug. 25 SAT scores will be released on Sept. 7 as planned.
The College Board further responded in a statement that “as part of our comprehensive approach to test security, after every test administration, we take additional quality control steps before scores are released, including conducting a comprehensive statistical analysis of certain test scores.
“If we determine students have gained an unfair advantage, we will take appropriate actions, including cancelling test scores and, in some cases, prohibiting them from taking another College Board assessment.”
For those asking, most August SAT scores will be available beginning September 7, as planned. pic.twitter.com/3jNYSsHdTv
— The College Board (@CollegeBoard) August 27, 2018
An online petition is up to invalidate the August 2018 SAT in North America, alleging the College Board used the same exam material as the Oct. 2017 SAT in Asia.
The petition reads, the “August 2018 SAT score must be cancelled to ensure fairness in applying processes to US universities and to guarantee the right of all students taking SAT ACT and applying to college for Using the Same Text as October 2017 SAT in Asia.”
