alt Hacker News> exams were bad at measuring student skill
They are. I have a friend who was significantly more smart and thorough in our studies but often get bad scores on exams not being able to concentrate under the pressure.
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petterroea • today at 9:29 AM
Exams also rarely measured skill in the course. Often just a subset. We would often spend the last month of each semester cramming exams instead of studying the curse material because it wasn't that useful.
I rarely felt I got a lot out of courses, but I often felt I would if I got to study it properly
Isn’t that actually a valid way to test? IMHO Performing under pressure is a capability signal in itself.