Cheating in exams is as old as the exams themselves. And as we know, the kids are always one step ahead of the last generation, using tech to give them an advantage: witness the recent pulling of iPods from schools to prevent cheating.
The best way to score high on tests, though, is to go straight to source and get your hands on the exam document, and UK educational company Edexcel are trialling RFID tracking of exam paper packages to stop theft.
Britain doesn't have a big problem with stolen papers: Of 620,000 packages distributed last year, only 70 security breaches were reported (around 0.1 per cent) but the consequences are particularly costly, involving retraining markers and devising and distributing new test papers.
The delivery bags will use RFID tags to track them, and to easily check that papers have not been removed. This, combined with scanning and online marking of exams to mark out anomalous results (normally dumb students acing the test, for example) should keep the kids in line.
Press release [Edexcel]
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