College Board, a testing firm based in New York, has cancelled college entrance exams planned for Saturday in the Chinese mainland and Macau due to cheating concerns that some students may have seen copies of the exam.
“The decision is based on evidence that some students have been exposed to test materials intended for this administration,” according to the email received by education agencies and test applicants who post in the China’s social media Sina Weibo.
The email was sent on Thursday, and said it will update students with details about a makeup test next week. Stacy Caldwell, College Board’s vice president for college readiness assessment, said the makeup test will probably be scheduled in a month or so, according to Associated Press.
Hong Kong test centers are not affected. The mainland Chinese students usually take the tests in Macau and Hong Kong.