A year ago, an open-book test was thought of as a great privilege — a sort of breath of fresh air from the tedium of constant memorization. Then, everything changed. As COVID-19 spread, our methods of ...

Not many students are familiar with open-book tests, which are exams where the teacher allows you to use your textbooks and notes as references while you sit for the test. This concept of testing is ...

I knew what the e-mail was going to be about the minute I saw the sender and the title: My Final Grade for the Semester. I dreaded the necessary response. The message came from Sarah, one of the top ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is piloting open-book assessments (OBAs) for Class 9, with plans to roll them out from the 2026â 27 academic year. The move marks a significant ...

The bards of Ancient Greece used rote memorization to recall epic poems of thousands of lines in length. What makes the modern literature professors who resent memorization think that they know better ...