In my college I have had easy professors and hard professors. Old school professors and innovative professors. I had some classes where everything was only and classes that everything was on paper. I don't see why not have computers for testing. Testing has become this huge topic of discussion.
We are really forgetting what testing is. It is a way to find out how much someone knows about a subject.
Ok. Lets go from there. Having a test on a computer gives you access to a lot of information at your finger tip. So does open note tests, we all remember back in the day, the open note tests were the hardest.
Ok so they have all this information at their hand so eventually they will be able to find the information they need to pass a test. Just like old times when it was all books you put a time on it and that is it.
You wanna make sure that the person is the person that is supposed to be taking the test you put a digital finger impression at the door, the kid wants to go to the bathroom, no problem scan out and scan back in. Easy!!!
So really the place where you write/type the answer changes but the test is still the same, this is too much talking and not enough action.
We are in the 21st century. Yes! Kids should be using their laptops for exams.