ETS Turns to Third Party To Investigate Test Security

By Millicent Lawton

The nonprofit company that creates and administers the SAT college-entrance exam has commissioned the first comprehensive outside review of its test-security procedures.

Nancy S. Cole, the president of the Princeton, N.J.-based Educational Testing Service, said last week that the move did not come about because the ETS felt it had lax security.

"Obviously, we think our security is very good, but we're constantly checking," she said. "Conditions change, people learn new ways to cheat. We can never...