ACADEMIC INTEGRITY vs. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Students at Palm Harbor University High School are expected to maintain the highest standard of academic and personal integrity. Integrity includes honesty, trustworthiness and reliability. Every student has the right to pursue an education free from the problems caused by any form of intellectual dishonesty. This document is intended to clearly communicate the expectations of our academic community. Violations will be handled in accordance with the discipline policy of Palm Harbor University High School. Violations may also result in disciplinary or academic probation.
TEST-TAKING POLICY
Student behaviors which set up ideal conditions for cheating during a test, quiz, or other assessment are considered to be “violations of test-taking policy.” These behaviors include the following:
• Having an electronic device out during the test (cell phone, MP3 player, camera, etc.
• Attempting to use an electronic device during a test
• Looking on another student’s paper
• Talking or any other communication during the test
• Any other violation of individual teachers’ test-taking policies
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These behaviors will be dealt with accordingly by the classroom teacher or administration.
CHEATING / MALPRACTICE
Cheating/malpractice is defined as behaviors that result in, or may result in, a student gaining an unfair advantage over another student, and includes the following:
• Plagiarism – the representation of the ideas or work of another person as the student’s own
o Students who have questions regarding whether or not something constitutes plagiarism have a responsibility to consult with the teacher prior to submitting the work/assignment.
• Collusion – the supporting of malpractice by another student, as allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted for another
• Duplication of work – the presentation of the same work for different assignments
• Other – includes
o taking unauthorized materials into an exam, test, quiz or other assessment situation
o engaging in misconduct during an exam, test, quiz or any other assignment
o falsifying any records
o copying, paraphrasing, reusing or submitting another’s work without acknowledging the source, including information from the Internet
o receiving or giving of any unauthorized assistance on any form of academic work
o unauthorized writing on desk or scrap paper prior to or during the test
o identical answers or passages on tests, reports, essays
o identical homework papers when the assignment is not specifically a group product
WHY IS CHEATING WRONG?
• Cheating does not level the playing field. Cheating may result in a student receiving the same or a better grade than students who have honestly earned the grade.
• Cheating misrepresents to parents, colleges and teachers a student’s mastery of the subject.
• The time taken to monitor students for cheating causes a reduction in the time a teacher has to use for academic instruction.
• Students who are mature enough to attend high school at PHUHS will be committed to work for and accept the grades they earn.
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