BBC's technology correspondent Bill Thompson shares some personal thoughts about how student assessment is changing [1]. Are we really assessing a student's ability when we isolate them from everyday resources like the Internet? From the article:
"the way we currently do things has more to do with satisfying the needs of university admission officers and the administrators of the Victorian civil service than helping people show their talents and abilities to the best."
Controversial words indeed...
Links:
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6635027.stm