文档介绍：Responding to cheating allegations, pany that administers the SAT tests around the world is withholding scores, at least te
emporarily, for thousands of Chinese and South Korean students just days before the early application deadlines for most American
colleges and universities. 在距离美国大部分高校的提前申请截止日期还剩几天之际,管理全世界的学术能力评估测试(Scholastic Assessment Test,简称SAT)的公司,决定暂缓公布数千名中国和韩国学生的成绩。 The
delay applies to people who took the exam on Oct. 11. Students from other countries who took it on the same date received their sc
ores on Tuesday. 受到影响的是10月11日参加考试的那些考生。同一天参加考试的其他国家的考生,已在周二收到了各自的成绩。 In a prepared statement, the Educational Testing Service said
its decision was “based on specific, reliable information,” and referred to “organizations that seek to illegally obtain test mat
erials for their own profit, to the ultimate detriment of all students.” The College Board, pany that creates the SAT, cont
racts with the testing service to provide testing security and administer its tests overseas. 美国教育考试服务中心(Educational Testing Servi
ce,简称ETS)在一份事先准备好的声明中表示,决定是“基于确切、可靠的信息”做出的,还提到“一些组织试图为了自己的利益,非法获取考试内容,最终损害了所有学生的利益”。创设SAT的公司美国大学理事会(College Board)与ETS签订合同,由后者提供考试
监督并管理海外的考试。 Reports have surfaced in the past about people in East Asia acquiring and sharing test questions in advance, particula