Leading UK Universities Look to Expand Use of Open-Book Exams to Help Grades of Minority Students.
Andrew Holt/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty ImagesLeading British universities are preparing to lower test standards in a bid to help improve the grades of ethnic minorities and poorer students in a major DEI initiative.
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are among those preparing to implement “inclusive assessments” such as open-book exams and take-home essays rather than monitored in-person testing in the hopes of cutting the gaps between groups of students, The Telegraph reported.