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Senior Stephanie Krauss sheds light on the disadvantages of test taking in college because students are graded based on memorization over understanding and skill.

Memorization is not a measure of skill

By Stephanie Krauss October 28, 2021
How — as a college student going into a creative and collaborative field — can I be asked to take tests as a way to judge my competency as a student?

Teachers teach how to cheat

By Brian Porreca April 17, 2013
“We expect school administrators and teachers to teach students to play by the rules and to lead by example, so these allegations that they changed grades and coached students during exams are very troubling,” a statement from district attorney Kathleen M. Rice after the investigation of teacher’s aiding young elementary students and giving answers on…
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