By Christopher Harris
Copyright theage
The dossier was released by the Department of Education under freedom of information legislation.
About one in 10 students fails the literacy and numeracy components on their first attempt, test data shows. Last year, there were 61,094 bookings for both the literacy and numeracy tests.
The incident logs show hundreds of students (about 3 per cent) who sit the test on their computer remotely face issues every year, including problems attributed to unauthorised programs, disconnection, test timing, and unauthorised breaks.
One of the earliest cases of suspected cheating occurred in 2016 when a student used software allowing someone else to remotely access the test content while another student attempted to converse with a voice-activated personal assistant.
