Last spring, as I was preparing for a new semester, I had an epiphany: Closed-book exams seem to unfairly aid students who excel at memorization. So I decided to allow my classes to use notes during ...

When I asked my son why he wasn’t studying for a test he had the next day, he said, “Mom, it’s an open-notes test. We don’t need to study.” His teacher confirmed that students could use all the notes ...