at that level, I think it's better to have a harder test and test understanding with open notes/books, etc. the best professors at my school made the tests har

at that level, I think it's better to have a harder test and test understanding with open notes/books, etc. the best professors at my school made the tests hard and the average scores pretty low. It wasn't graded on a curve but more of an "I expect A level grades to be around here, B level around here, etc...".