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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by __turbobrew__ on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @03:59PM (#41918083)
Are there not standardized exams in Ontario high school? When I grew up in Alberta standardized exams took up half your grade and those could not be fudged by your teacher.

The exams were made by a small panel of teachers and nobody else knew the exam contents until the day of the exam. Everyone across the province takes the exam on the same day and time. Exams were proctored by people external to the school. Exams are again marked by a panel of teachers outside of your school.

Cheating is nearly impossible outside of someone leaking the exam early.

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by jjmarr on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @04:10PM (#41928860)
Nope.

This is basically what Waterloo math competitions are, though. Except only Waterloo can see the results.

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Re:Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan by __turbobrew__ on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:37PM (#41930722)
That seems like the real failing of the Ontario education system. Standardized testing is needed otherwise there is nothing stopping teachers from gaming the system. It also gives a good way to determine underserved/underperforming schools in order to direct improvement there.
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