Sophronius comments on Separating university education from grading - Less Wrong Discussion
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The logical conclusion then is that it's absolutely crucial that the tests are designed in such a way that guessing the teacher's password is impossible and solid background knowledge and genuine understanding of the subject is essential to getting a good grade.
And if that's not possible, then that implies we're entirely dependent on the teachers knowing what they're doing and being able to do their job well and we should focus all our efforts on ensuring that that's the case.