SAT cheating scandal goes beyond courtroom
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Current and former students of Long Island high schools were arrested and face criminal charges for allegedly cheating on college admissions tests, according to police. Students allegedly paid test takers to impersonate them and take the SAT and ACT exams between 2008 and 2011.
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Joshua Chefec, left, Adam Justin, background center, and George Trane, right, are escorted from the Nassau County district attorney's office. (Nov. 22, 2011)
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When it comes to the widening SAT cheating scandal, the law may be the easy part -- far easier than confronting all the academic fallout.
Can the cheating be proven? Was it a crime? Have prosecutors fingered the right kids?
Answer those questions yes, yes and yes -- and some of those 20 promising young Long Islanders could soon conceivably be trading classroom semesters for lockup time.
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