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>>lewisf+(OP)
I love how the answer given to this problem is more funding. Such an indication of what's wrong with modern education. This entire article is exposing the TI monopoly on calculators, getting 85-90% profit margins, and our solution is to strike to get taxpayer money to keep paying for the things? We should encourage competition.

Consider - an app that replicates this functionality on the phone, but tracks if the user at any point closes the app. This then is reported to the teacher so the teacher knows if there was any cheating.

>>julien+t21
I could see maybe allowing an app on a locked down tablet provided by the school and wiped before the exam. Still a big hardware and IT burden. And you need to lock the student in the app, not record if they close it, because it's so easy to accidentally switch apps with a stray finger or misplaced muscle memory.

Bring your own device sounds like a mess. Someone would create an app that looks like the locked down app but isn't really, etc. Or students would sneak in a second phone.

You really don't want to give teenagers the temptation to sneak online or into their notes during exams.