Assessment, examination, exams… something that I’ve done a lot during school days, but now I hardly ever do it. What does Wikipedia have to say about examination? A few things. One, examination was hardly ever done in the earlier days of schooling. Examination is very much a modern phenomenon after World War II. Another thing that it called out specifically was “teaching the test”: instead of trying to teach the overall course curriculum, instructors may narrow their courses to only emphasize what matters for doing well on the test. Indeed, this is the same problem that we know about that comes from “whiteboarding,” the defective method of assesssing software developer recruits during job interviews. Another interesting mention was that of the “high-stakes test,” where failures are often associated with major life setbacks.a
20190102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_(assessment)
20190102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Students_taking_computerized_exam.jpg
20190102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-stakes_testing
20190102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test
Is examination a waste of time? Well, I can’t really find any empirical evidence on this question, but these are some opinions on the subject.
20190102/DuckDuckGo is examination a waste of time
20190102/https://www.englishclub.com/esl-forums/viewtopic.php?t=23054
20190102/https://thetab.com/uk/manchester/2014/05/27/exams-are-a-waste-of-time-5291