Bryan said CdM High and this particular class are unlikely unique, and that cheating is a problem throughout the nation.
Students and teachers work together continually to combat cheating, which has included complicated maneuvers such as steaming off the labels of water bottles, writing notes and then reattaching them so that the answers are visible through the clear liquid. Water bottles aren't permitted on desk during tests now, he said.
Students sometimes feel pressure to cheat because they want to get good grades to satisfy parents or to get into college, according to research by the school's National Honor Society.