Do they really? As compared to any other system? Tests seem to be the cheapest, timely (OCR-marked tests can be marked quickly) and most equitable (in comparat

Do they really? As compared to any other system? Tests seem to be the cheapest, timely (OCR-marked tests can be marked quickly) and most equitable (in comparative terms, not absolute terms) way to gauge people when you have a lot of them. Any other methods increases cost and time, and introduces subjectivity, which creates issues of its own.