[WalterBright]

I've been around tests all my life. I don't know anyone who bombed the test but mastered the material. And the ones who aced the tests - turns out that they actually had mastered the material.

As for people who cannot perform under the stress of a test, how are they going to perform otherwise? Anyhow, the solution to test anxiety is to keep taking tests - the anxiety will recede.

For example, the first time I tried public speaking I was paralyzed. But I kept trying it, and the anxiety went away, and now I do a fair amount of public speaking and enjoy it very much.