The discussion on this topic is unfortunate. The article has not provided all of you with enough information to seriously debate the issue. Firstly, the method being tested in the north of Norway is just one of many. As a matter of fact, it will never be implemented, because it uses a method (similer to wiretapping) which is illegal in Norway. Most of you are not familiar with the testing system in Norway and the new rules governing it. The system dictates that all high school pupils must have computers and use them in school - and because the country is rich - it subsidizes the purchase of such and the programs installed on them. The reason is not because these are better that pen and pencil - which are still used, even on tests - but because the government wants to make sure that the population is computer literate. Norwegian exams (and the school system as a whole) are in many cases radically different from those in the USA. This does not make either system better or worse - the systems are too different to be compared except in a few areas - but the type of exams that we are talking about in Norway are not like SAT tests or multiple choice answer tests like those common in the USA. Most of the exams here are essay based. As for the rules, it will surprise most Americans to know that the written exams are, as of now, "open book" exams - all material, including textbooks, all allowed (which is why "cheating" in the sense that most Americans would think of - namely crib notes - don't come into play). Only two things are not allowed: use of the internet and direct communication with other people. The internet can simply be shut off through the master firewall box which all schools have to connect to, and communication is shut off by a) closing all ports on the firewall box b) removing cell phones from the exam room and c) placing four or five mean looking proctors to patrol the aisles while all this is going on. Furthermore, all examination papers are handed in electronically and run through the Dutch Ephorus system, which scans for plagiarism. This is not a perfect system, and, if you ask me, I personally don't know why the internet is off limits, when everything else is allowed - but hey, I'm not a bureaucrat. It's anyone's guess as to their reasoning....