Exams are Over! (if you want it).

Why do we give exams?

I mean, really. Why do we do this?

I just finished grading my Latin mid-terms; and to the nth degree, I was impressed by only one thing: that after a semester of formative assessment, these summative assessments did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to better help me understand how well my kids 'get' the material.

It's time to get beyond exams. Beyond the manufactured stress. The false sense of urgency.

Let's teach kids constructively, assess them formatively, and put them in situations where the stress and urgency is real.

Make them earn their learning everyday, not cram for it in the last helpless minutes.

Exams are Over! (if you want it).