Seven Arrested In New York SAT Cheating Case

The AP (9/28) reports that on Tuesday, six high school students and one college student have been arrested in Garden City, New York, after the college student "was paid between $1,500 and $2,500 to stand in for at least a half dozen students attending a prestigious Long Island high school and take the SAT exam for them." Prosecutors noted that other students may have been involved as well, the AP adds, noting that the investigation began after "faculty members heard rumors that students had paid a third party to take the SAT for them." A College Board spokesperson praised investigators. A version of the AP (9/28) article published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes that the college student, Sam Eshaghoff of Great Neck, New York, is currently a student at Emory University in Atlanta.