Beating the exam system

Functional Skills is all about knowing and applying the skills in a novel situation. I have written before and say again that I believe that the assessment system that tests Functional Skills should be changed at least once a year, completely and totally.

Functional Skills is not and shouldn't be about learning to the test, so the simple thing is to change the test so that students have absolutely no idea what and how they will be assessed. All that's important is that the skills in each subject and level are tested.

So I'm now waiting for someone to tell me why this is bad idea!