Comment by duxup
I feel like 1:1 teacher and student discussions are required to be sure someone isn't cheating. With the benefit that each exam would be more enlightening than existing test setups.
They both sit together, they chat, answer questions and so on and the teacher gets a feel for "does this student have sufficient knowledge".
Frankly I think it would give teachers way better feel for such things than traditional testing does.
Granted, it would be time intensive, but I also suspect improved.
I like this idea, however I worry that it would be difficult to do it while being consistent (and unbiased). If the same questions are asked of each student then later students might be unfairly prepped. If different questions are asked then it becomes very difficult to normalize scores across the class. The bias risk is self-explanatory and may be unconscious.
If you could solve this problem well, you could also probably fix the issues with most interview processes.