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Cheating

How do students cheat? We know that many students do, but the question is where they get the information to cheat. In a recent survey, it shows that sixty-seven percent have copied other students, forty percent cheated on tests, and twenty-five percent have used plot summaries.The question is why do students do this.

A study shows that they do this because they do not want to spend their time doing homework, yet they deny the action of themselves cheating, is pressure coming from other students. Half the students studied seven hours or less during a one week period.

A spokesperson, for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, said “Kids are seeing all around them that elected officials, business leaders, all of us are taking short cuts in life, and we need to understand that they're going to follow our examples." From this, we can see that working adults also affect kids view on how important being honest and doing the work right.

From this survey, it showed that out of 2,000 students, 70 % said they cheated in high school. After this, half cheated in college. This is a downward spiral for them to continue to cheat at their jobs and at everything they do. So, we can see how important it is to try to stop this now.

Another survey showed that 80 percent reached the goal in English and 77 percent did in math. It also showed that 88 percent reached it in science. The issue is that 120,000 students are still unable to read and write appropriately. Also, 140,000 students are still having troubles in math.

So these are the main issues why students are cheating. In another study, it shows that all tests that are given in different schools are also adding the pressure for those students to cheat.

Also, you can see it is hard for the schools to meet the requirements that the government gives. The standard is that eighty-five percent of the student body needs to meet the standard in math and reading.
Teachers are now told to try to ask the right questions or that are similar to the test. They should do this beforehand, so that the scores are more satisfactory and above to help out the grading average and to make sure all students are up to par.

Now, more than ever, it is important for students and teachers to go over the curriculum to make sure all students are understanding it. That way they know what needs to be meet for the standard test to lower the cheating rates and make our test scores higher.