VOA慢速英语:College Board Plans to Increase Security on Admission Test(翻译)

The group responsible for a widely used college admissions test cancelled scores for a number of students who took the test in January.
负责广泛使用的大学入学考试的组织取消了一月份参加此考试的一些学生的成绩。
Those students took the international SAT, formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test.The group announced it is studying the scores of other students who took the January test.
这些学生参加的是国际SAT考试，原名为学习能力倾向测验。这个组织宣布其正在研究一月份参加此考试的其他学生的成绩。
The non-profit College Board, which develops the SAT, said on Wednesday it is taking steps to try to reduce cheating on the admissions test.
制定了SAT考试的非营利组织大学理事会，于周三表示其正在采取措施试图减少入学考试中的作弊行为。
Results from the SAT and Advanced Placement, or AP, exams can help or hurt students interested in attending an American college or university.
SAT和大学预修课程（或称AP）的结果是，考试可能会帮助或者伤害那些想要进入美国的学院和大学的学生。
The College Board said there will only be four dates on which students can take the SAT during the 2017-2018 school year and the following school year.There are usually six test dates each year.
大学理事会表示，学生只有四次参加SAT考试的机会，在2017-2018学年以及下一学年期间。通常一年有六次考试的机会。
The international SAT test date in June 2017 has been canceled.The coming year’s test dates will be in October and December 2017, and in March and May of 2018.
2017年6月的国际SAT考试已经被取消。来年的考试日期为2017年10月和12月，以及2018年3月和5月。
Fewer test dates mean SAT questions are less likely to be stolen.That is because the College Board often re-used questions from one test to another in the past.
考试机会减少意味着SAT偷题的可能性减小。因为大学理事会通常都会重复使用过去出过的题目。
SAT exams with new questions are first given in the United States.After that, the exams are sent to test centers in other countries. Students in some areas can buy the questions from test-preparation companies before they take the test.
出新题的SAT考试首先在美国进行。随后，此项考试才传送到其他国家的考试中心。一些地区的学生可以在参加考试之前从一些应试教育公司购买题目。
It takes a long time for the College Board’s members to write and agree on questions for the test. So, it is not surprising that an SAT exam would include some questions from earlier exams.
大学理事会给出并审核通过考试题目需要很长一段时间。因此，SAT考试会使用之前考试中出过的一些题目，这很正常。
The College Board announced steps to prevent people who have cheated in the past from taking the test again.The group is also informing law enforcement about the groups and individuals it thinks are taking the test’s content illegally.It is asking test center administrators and test-takers themselves to report cases of cheating anonymously.
大学理事会采取措施不让之前在考试中做过弊的人再次参加考试。该组织还将其认为非法使用试题内容的组织或个人告知执法部门。它还请求考试中心管理人员和参与考试的个人匿名举报作弊行为。
Peter Schwartz is the College Board’s chief administrative officer and general counsel.He said in a written statement that his organization is doing all it can to protect the exam questions.
皮特·施瓦兹是大学理事会的首席行政官兼总顾问。他在一份书面声明中表示他的组织正在尽其所能地保护考试题目。
“We are unwavering in our commitment to SAT test security and we will continue to confront any efforts to undermine it.”
“我们正在坚定地遵守SAT考试安全性的承诺，我们将会继续面对各种对其进行破坏的行为。”
However, critics say the custom of repeating questions from one test to another makes it possible for students to share information after they take the test.
然而，评论家们说这种重复使用以前出过的题目的习惯，使学生们在参加完考试之后共享信息成为可能。
Bob Schaeffer is the public education director for FairTest:National Center for Fair & Open Testing.He says the College Board did not promise to stop re-using test questions.
鲍勃·谢弗是公平考试：国家公平公开考试中心的公共教育主管。他说大学理事会并没有答应不再重复使用试题。
“The most important thing is what they did not say. They did not say they’re going to stop recycling tests, which is the primary tool used in all these international cheating scandals."
“他们没说的才是最重要的。他们并没有表示以后不再重复使用试题，这是所有的国际考试作弊丑闻所使用的主要工具。”
Schaeffer went on to say that communication through social media makes it impossible to stop people from sharing the test questions after they have taken a test.
谢弗接着说社交媒体的交流功能，根本不能阻止人们在参加完考试之后分享题目。
“The only way to stop unethical test-prep companies and individuals from gaining advance knowledge of upcoming test items is to stop reusing test questions.”
“阻止不道德的应试教育公司和个人获取即将进行的考试内容的唯一方法，就是不再重复使用试题。”
Zachary Goldberg works for the College Board.He noted, “We are reducing re-use, it’s in the announcement.We recognize that’s an issue.”
扎卡里·戈德伯格在大学理事会工作。他说：“我们正在减少重复使用，公告里有此方面的说明。我们承认这是一个问题。”
The announcement said that “the College Board has increased test form development to reduce reuse.”
公告里说“大学理事会已经增加了考试形式以减少重复使用。”
Test writers working at the Educational Testing Service are responsible for the SAT,the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, and the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE.These tests have all been involved in cases of cheating that were reported in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
美国教育考试服务中心的出题人负责SAT，作为外国语的英语考试，或称为托福，以及研究生入学考试，或GRE的出题。这些考试都出现在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡报道的考试作弊事件中。
In January 2016, the College Board cancelled test dates at 45 test centers in China and Macau. The cancellation came after the College Board found that students may have received copies of the tests in advance.
2016年1月，大学理事会取消了中国和澳门45个考试中心的考试。大学理事会发现学生们可能事前就取得了试题复件，因此取消了考试。

A group of 15 Chinese faced federal charges in 2015. Those charges were related to sending fake passports for people to take the SAT and other college entrance exams in Pennsylvania. They had been cheating since 2011.
2015年，一行15名中国人面临联邦起诉。起诉他们给要在宾夕法尼亚参加SAT及其他大学入学考试的学生发放假护照。他们自2011年起就一直在行骗。

Chinese students had paid up to 6,000 dollars to have someone else take college admission tests for them.Most of the 13 people who were found guilty of the cheating have been returned to China.
中国学生们花费高达6000美元在大学入学考试中让别人替考。因行骗而被判有罪的这13人中大部分已经回到中国。

The Reuters news service reported that the College Board knew that some parts of the tests they gave overseas last year were not secure.
据路透社新闻服务机构报道，大学理事会知道去年他们发放给海外的一些试题不安全。

Steve Syverson is an administrator at the University of Washington, Bothell.He formerly served on the National Association for College Admission Counseling.He told Reuters that the College Board will need to find a way to return to the time when test scores could be trusted.
史蒂夫·赛弗森是华盛顿大学巴索分校的一名管理人员。他之前在全美大学招生咨询协会工作。他告诉路透社说，大学理事会需要寻找办法回到考试成绩被认可的时候。

“The College Board does a lot of good things, but it will clearly be a major challenge for them to restore trust in the integrity of the test.”
“大学理事会做了很多好事，但是重新赢得考试公正性方面的信任，对他们来说无疑将会成为最大的挑战。”

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