Re:Apply HN: Skill Certification You Can Trust
by danieltillett on Sunday April 10, 2016 @03:15AM
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I used to be a university professor so I am highly familiar with the difference between those students that really knew their stuff and those that just crammed well. You really only want to hire the former.
In a sense this idea gets rid of traditional testing. You are not measuring how many facts a test taker has managed to cram into their head, but how much they retain and can apply. Grades as such would become irrelevant as we start to focus on those retained skills that translate into day-to-day productivity.
I do have a plan about how this idea could be best developed, but HN is probably not the place to discuss this. My hope is by putting this idea up I will get feedback or suggestions about aspects I have not thought of. It is a big idea that could change a massive industry like education and there are many different ways it could be developed.
In a sense this idea gets rid of traditional testing. You are not measuring how many facts a test taker has managed to cram into their head, but how much they retain and can apply. Grades as such would become irrelevant as we start to focus on those retained skills that translate into day-to-day productivity.
I do have a plan about how this idea could be best developed, but HN is probably not the place to discuss this. My hope is by putting this idea up I will get feedback or suggestions about aspects I have not thought of. It is a big idea that could change a massive industry like education and there are many different ways it could be developed.