The PowerPoint, reviewed by Reuters, shows that half of the SATs in inventory at the time had been вЂњcompromisedвЂќ вЂ“ the College BoardвЂ™s term to describe exams whose contents have leaked, in whole or in part,В outside the organization.

In addition to the security-related incidents the College Board has announced, the news agency identified eight occasions since late 2013В in which test material was circulating online before the SAT was administered overseas.В ( See table for details.)ДЄ confidential PowerPoint presentation reveals that College Board officials had documented widespread security problems in June 2013, shortly after canceling a sitting of the SAT in South Korea. Since October 2014, the New York-based organization has delayed issuing scores in Asia six times and canceledВ an exam sitting in two locations thereВ вЂ“ steps the College Board takes when it has evidence that test material has been exposedВ to the public.Д«ut the breakdown in security is more pervasive than the College Board has publicly disclosed, Reuters has found. The College Board, the not-for-profitВ organization that owns the SAT, has acknowledged widespread problems with test security in Asia in recent years. students given SATs that were online before exam Why do they вЂњrecycleвЂќ SATs?В FAQ about the big testД¬ollege BoardвЂ™s note to schools on the Reuters report Video: How the test-prep industry games the SAT Part Five: Breach exposes questions for upcoming SAT exams Part Four: Widespread cheating alleged in program owned by ACT Part Three: Chinese cheating rings penetrate U.S. Chief among them is a vulnerability created by the owner of the exam: the routine practice of reusing material from tests that already have been given.

His cram school is part of a vibrant Asian industry that systematically exploits security shortcomings in the SAT. His score on that section? A perfect 800, he said.ДingвЂ™s advance look at material from the test he took was no fluke. Thanks to the booklet, Ding said he already knew the answers to about half of the critical reading section of the SAT when he took the test in Hong Kong in December 2013. It revealed words from the correct responses to multiple-choice questions that had appeared on past SATs - many of which would be used again on the exam Ding took. Known in Chinese as a jijing, the booklet was essentially an answer key. His study aid was far more valuable than the practice questions that students in America use to prepare for the SAT, the standardized test used by thousands of U.S. He had an advantage on his final try: a booklet compiled by a Shanghai test-preparation school he attended. In applying to schools, the 20-year-old from China took the SAT college entrance exam four times.

Xingyuan Ding is a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of AmericaвЂ™s most exclusive public universities.

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