[Jason1]

Not sure how they do it in other States and other Countries, but here in IL, if you do good enough in your drivers training class at school you actually dont have to take the actual written or BTW test. This is of course assuming you actually take the class that the school offers, some kids dont because if they did they would have to wait some time before they actually could get their liscense, many times well after they turn 16. This was the case for me, I had to wait over 6 months after I turned 16 before I finally got my liscense, but my parents werent about to pay the several hundred bucks it would have costed to get it earlier, not through the school. But anyways, assuming you take the class in school and get a B- or better average in both the classroom and BTW portions of the class, you dont have to take either the BTW or Written tests that they would normally make you take in the place where you get your liscense. For me it was basically walk in, show them my papers, get my picture taken, walk out with my liscense.