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The HP Prime calculator has these features. Non-destructive but restrictive test mode, and the teacher/instructor or whomever can see if you've escaped test mo

• michaelmrose 7y ago
  If you really controlled the calculator you could tell the light to lie. Then again you probably don't care because it's a calculator. The original thought expressed was >Now if Apple/Android made a simple way for a test proctor to put your phone into a single app only that you couldn't easily break out of, maybe things will change. This expresses the idea of Apple/Google granting a third party control of your machine to render it suitable for use during the test. This restriction must happen at a level that is superior to the user on a device with a lot of personal information. This is hard to implement and terrible for the users right to con their own device and their privacy. The same restrictions on a school owned device not used for personal communication would be easier to implement and less worrisome.