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DetlefK

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2. To be honest: I would also claim copyright. For very practical reasons.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 07:21 AM

Apr 2015

Coming up with questions and tests for an exam is hard work: It has to be close to what you want to reproduce, but it has to be so unique that the student hasn't seen this particular exercise before.

A teacher can adjust the difficulty of his exam to the class by modifying assignments, but a company has a finite portfolio of exam assignments it can use because they have to be so general they can be used for every class. It would only be a question of time until someone comes up with a neat collection of all possible exam assignments of this company.

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This Article May Be Illegal: Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing [View all] eridani Apr 2015 OP

What about that rare child with a photographic memory? JDPriestly Apr 2015 #1

To be honest: I would also claim copyright. For very practical reasons. DetlefK Apr 2015 #2

Which is an excellent reason why for-profit testing should go straight to hell eridani Apr 2015 #4

The biggest problem is that teachers can't talk about what's on the test... Sancho Apr 2015 #3