[QuadmasterXLII]

We have to notice that high stakes exams on paper worked for hundreds, possibly thousands of years, and high stakes exams on personal laptops have been tried for approximately six years and worked for none of them. With that framing, I don’t think the burden of proof is on the side saying that kids can take exams on paper?

[tengwar2]

They have, but antiquity is not necessarily a good argument. I attended a university which required examinees to wear a black suit, white bow tie, bands, and a gown. I don't recommend it.

But this is missing the point. The issue is not that people in general can't write by hand for hours, but that these particular people may have difficulty.

[wtrwqyw]

> We have to notice that high stakes exams on paper worked for hundreds, possibly thousands of years

Define “worked” there are reasons we have abandoned quite a few archaic practices which turned to be highly ineffective in hindsight (and often quite misery inducing). I’m not implying that handwriting is one of them just that it’s a terrible argument.

> burden of proof is on the side saying that kids

Smacking children who fail to give a correct answer with a stick worker for thousands of years as well..