So the SAT & ACT are moving to requiring photo ID's to test. Which is fine with me, but the method whereby they determine that it's really you--i.e., you are required to send in a photo in advance, and then (ostensibly) you get to the test, they have that photo, and they compare you to the photo and decide if you look enough like your former self to sit for the test.
My only question is (and I'm sure this is the same question that 65% of people asked when they heard about this): what's preventing you from sending in a photo of someone else when you sign up, and then sending that person to take the test for you? I guess nothing, except for the fact that this would require a level of planning and effort that would be much much better applied to, perhaps, studying for the test instead. So there's that.
So a photo seems like a fine demand–I can already see all the pain this is going to inflict in terms of "additional & unnecessary logistical requirements." Kids who forgot their IDs, kids who don't look like their photos, schools that never got the pictures (or got the wrong pictures), etc. But beefing up security is good if it works...here's to hoping. I'll make sure to head over to Costco and get a really nice, thoroughly insane passport photo I can submit with my registration for the October 2012 SAT.
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