[renewiltord]

Why not just hold the tests, except outside and far apart. They have stadiums and stuff. Honestly, this whole thing seems like a manufactured problem.

You could hold them outside, and stagger them so there are ten papers, and then just normal-curve-adjust to the first paper.

Other countries already do multi-day tests easily. And if you don't want to do curving, just treat it the way you treat GREs/IELTS/TOEFL etc. Don't curve and just use overall percentile.

[meigwilym]

> You could hold them outside

Given British weather, this would be a desperate gample at best.

> They have stadiums and stuff.

I don't think even Eton have their own stadium.

It might be worth you considering a different country's culture before generalising sweepingly.

[renewiltord]

I moved to America from London, my dude. I still have family all over the UK. Spare me.

It's solvable.

[oh_sigh]

Maybe cheating? It would be easier to sneak a peek at your smartphone if one proctor has to cover an acre of students.

[renewiltord]

That's fair. The ten tests thing still works. That's 1/10 the people occupying the same volume. Transmission is going to be minimal (or absent) if masked.

[swyx]

if you can cheat a test off a smartphone its probably not a good test

[oh_sigh]

Cheating via smartphone can encompass anything from directly looking up an answer, to sending someone the essay prompt and having them send you a completed essay which you just copy down.

Can you name a good test by your standards?