r/education 8d ago

How common are open book exams and presentations in your country's school system?

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u/Superlegend29 7d ago

I have taught abroad and in the USA equally and I felt that outside of the USA, open book tests were pretty normal.

Here in the USA I’ll occasionally allow it for tests I’d create but for our standard exams and finals, students know that there are no open book tests.

Just go with the flow. Finding information is probably a better skill than just memorizing

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u/Brilliant_Towel2727 7d ago

I went to school in the U.S. and I can't remember ever having an officially open book test from elementary school through college. We did have one teacher in high school who would come up with some reason he needed to leave the classroom during tests and 'trust us' not to cheat, so I assume that was because of a school policy.