Blue books make an "out of step" campus comeback in the AI era
- Mar 16
- 1 min read
Critics say blue-book exams are a misguided solution.
More than half of students now take at least one online course and asynchronous, self-paced classes make in-person assignments impractical.
Multilingual writers and students with disabilities who need accommodations are at a massive disadvantage in timed, handwritten scenarios. Plus, deciphering students' poor handwriting is a headache, Krause says.
Writing is meant to be a revision process. Forcing students to write a timed, single-draft response, means professors are evaluating a students' rushed thoughts, not their skills.
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