ebay

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

Great idea! Lets sell them all!

Susan

  Cheating concerns arise as IQ tests used for student placement are sold on
  eBay.

  The AP (12/19, Roberts) reports, "Intelligence tests widely used to help
  determine the competence of criminal defendants and the placement of students
  are for sale on eBay Inc.'s online auction site, and the test maker is
  worried they will be misused." The Weschler intelligence tests are used "more
  than a million times a year nationwide," according to publisher Harcourt
  Assessment, Inc. Many schools use the tests to determine whether to place
  students into certain programs, "whether for gifted or struggling students."
  The tests "are supposed to be sold to and administered by only clinical
  psychologists and trained professionals," but a recent analysis found the
  tests easily available for purchase through the popular auction site, often
  for a fraction of the publisher's price. "Harcourt officials say they fear
  the tests for sale on eBay will be misused for coaching" by parents aiming to
  qualify their child for certain programs. eBay, which prohibits the sale of
  teachers' editions of textbooks "as a matter of public good," said that
  "there is nothing illegal about selling the tests, and it cannot monitor
  every possible misuse of items sold through its network."

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