Abstract: A method for testing students comprises updating a database in a host computer by entering relevant user information, establishing wave energy communication between the host computer and a plurality of a handheld device, registering user presence by entering user identification information in the handheld devices, presenting a set of test questions comprising a test to the handheld devices from the host computer, receiving answers to the test questions, analyzing individual test results, group test results, and accumulated test results for each individual one of the handheld devices and groups of the handheld devices.