Norway Trials Laptops For School Exams
Norway is testing using laptops for school exams — but they're loaded with special software to prevent cheating.
In Nord-Trondelag county in Norway, all students are given a laptop for school work when they turn 16. Now the government is testing the use of those laptops for exams. Sounds like an invitation to cheating? Wrong. The computers have some specially-designed software to prevent that eventuality.
The laptops have all the usual software for word processing and other student needs, with specific software for certain subjects the students might take. The idea behind this trial is to have the pupils using machines they know for the exams.
