University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ability

Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by gamegoblin on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:21PM (#5119241)

My algorithms final was entirely problems that we had never seen before that required that we create new algorithms or heavily modify existing ones. The average score was a 55% (this is a professor who makes extremely hard tests and then curves up).

Had he just been asking us to recite implementations of quicksort and whatnot I might agree with you, but I think that your premise is flawed. Not all final exams are what you have described.

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Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by bphogan on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:37PM (#5119267)

Will the faculty be creating the assessments? I'd wager no. In many places businesses and curriculum-design people weigh in and approve curriculum created by faculty, so I could see those same folks creating assessments.

Perhaps I'm overly pessimistic from my experiences, but I'd bet the tests'll be multiple-choice, just like the UW entrance exams are.

Because it's easier for a machine to grade them.

EDIT: the article does say the faculty will be creating the tests. That does give me hope.

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