I don't need to have a solution to have valid criticisms of an existing system. I am just sharing my experience with testing, how it has affected my life, and why it didn't work for me.

That said, I do think we can improve our ability to assess (not test) people by:

* Putting less emphasis/focus on tests and more focus on long form project work and interpersonal relationships with peers and instructors * provide more flexibility to students when testing them (like access to resources/notes, more time, allow them to ask questions etc).

> You would need smart and open minded and up to date people to at least try to do that reasonably

I would certainly hope that the people teaching the next generation were smart, open minded and up to date. Testing doesn't control this anyway, a bad teacher will be unfair and have bad curriculum regardless if they test their students formally or not.

I agree.

>I would certainly hope that the people teaching the next generation were smart, open minded and up to date. Testing doesn't control this anyway, a bad teacher will be unfair and have bad curriculum regardless if they test their students formally or not.

Hmm, I originally didnt think about those people as a teachers, but as if they were some kind of examiners.

But thats fine, they could be teachers too

Yet, I do believe that the bias would be too big :(

At every level of eduction except higher teachers were visibly biased towards students

Some benefited from it, some had harder time due to that.