April 14, 2006

Predicting the Life Expectancy of the Multiple-Choice Exam

To the Editor:

I was delighted to read Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig's essay on the demise of the multiple-choice exam because, if these futurists are correct, we will see changes in education even more profound than they suggest ("No Computer Left Behind," The Chronicle Review, February 24).

No longer will we force students of French to memorize vocabulary because they can look it up. Medical students will no longer be compelled to know the names of bones, organs, and

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