Air Force changed testing program to resolve cheaters’ concerns

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Air Force officials changed the scoring system for the certification tests administered to the strategic missile force to address the concerns of service members caught in a recent cheating scandal who felt pressured to receive a perfect score.

“We have made the monthly tests that the crew members take pass-fail, as opposed to scoring them, which was kind of the underlying concern of the crew members, was that if you don’t score 100 percent, you’re seen as not being competent enough to move on to other jobs,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told reporters Wednesday at the National Press Club.

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