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AP Tests Vanish at Chatsworth High

With graduation only a few days away, dozens of students will have to retake their Advanced Placement exams.

Were three psychology Advanced Placement exam booklets stolen at Chatsworth High School? What about four booklets from other AP exams?

With graduation just a few days away, . And while no official is alleging that cheating was going on, the school district is blaming only "an irregular pattern in conducting" an AP psychology exam last week.

Sandy Banks reports in this morning's Los Angeles Times that Principal Tim Guy says that the school came up short a few test booklets, and no one knows how or why it happened.

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Tests in biology, chemistry, English literature and English language were postponed with new versions to be administered this week. Since this is already finals week, there will be days of back-to-back exams.

"They'll be taking finals in the morning and APs in the afternoon," Guy told the Times.

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Students were angst-filled last week as rumors and gossip swirled. "We spent all week not knowing what happened," one student told the Times. "I wish they'd just been straight with us. Somebody screwed up. Was it a poor job of administrating, or students trying to cheat, that messed things up?"

"They're anxious. But they're kids. They'll get over it," Principal Guy said.

Read Sandy Banks' full report here.

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