You should definitely take speed into consideration. If your're writing an essay, being able to type it out and still have both the opportunity and time to edit it is great. If you're writing it on paper, you likely have neither. What comes to you first is what's submitted.

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anigbrowl 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When I was in grade school the common practice was to use the back page of the exam booklet to do a quick outline (assuming there was no other scrap paper available) and just cross it out when you were done with it. Being able to organize your thoughts and maintain a clear direction in writing 500-1000 words seems like an important thing to test for.

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doodlesdev 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And that's exactly the point! By making sure the student can't edit the entire text once its written, you force him to think about the essay's structure and force him to plan much more before writing :)

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fn-mote 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but you know that professionals edit, right? It improves the quality of the product.

	▲	derektank 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If the goal is to assess the ability of the student to produce a professional product, then why prevent them from using AI in the first place? The vast majority of professionals have access to AI nowadays? Most curricula should probably feature both forms of assessment, demonstrating your knowledge of the basics in a closed book assessment and your ability to produce high quality final products using all resources available to you in take home assignments.

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imron 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you’re suggesting that the test favors those capable of arranging their thoughts and words before putting pen to paper then.... I’m not sure there’s a problem

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forgetfreeman 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And yet strangely this hasn't proved a major impediment to the species at any point in the last ~5000 years...