To prevent cheating in SAT and ACT, you must submit a photo when registering

To prevent cheating in SAT and ACT, you must submit a photo when registering (Alberta Times) In order to prevent fraud, the College Board and the Nassau County Prosecutor's Office in New York announced on the 27th...

(Alberta Times)

In order to prevent fraud, the College Board and the Nassau County Prosecutor's Office in New York announced on the 27th that students who take the American College Test (ACT) or Academic Aptitude Test (SAT) this fall must submit a photo ID and application form. Before the student enters the examination room, test staff will compare the candidate's ID. This is one of the precautionary measures taken by testing agencies after cheating incidents occurred in some high schools in Long Island, New York. Twenty students were arrested in a SAT cheating scandal on Long Island last year. Nassau County District Attorney Katherine Rice said some students were paid $3,500 to take the SAT for other students. SAT scores are one of the key indicators for admissions to many colleges. In 2010-2011, approximately 3 million students around the world took the SAT and 1.6 million took the ACT. The new exam rules require that when students apply to take the SAT or ACT exam, they must upload a photo of themselves. Those who cannot upload can mail the photo. The testing agency will mail the admission ticket with the scanned photo of the candidate to the candidate. The candidate's photo is not only printed on the admission ticket, but also printed on the candidate roster in the examination room so that the examination center can verify it with the candidate's ID card. When test centers report test scores to high schools and colleges, the test taker's photo will also be printed on the transcript. Other new rules include that examination centers will check candidates' proof of identity more frequently: candidates will need to check their ID cards when they first enter the examination room; they will also need to check their ID cards when they enter the examination room after a break; and they will need to check their ID cards when submitting exam papers.