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New and experienced instructors struggle with setting tests and exams at a suitable level of difficulty, with appropriate questions for the allocated time. Tests that are too short might be thought of as giving students undue advantage. Exams that are too long leave students feeling pressured and anxious, and without time for careful thought to display mastery of the concepts being tested. Unlimited time tests are a way to eliminate the effect of anxiety. In this paper we start by reviewing existing work on this topic and explain the data collected in our context. We confirm the literature findings that grades are not inflated by longer durations – if anything, we show there is a slight decrease with longer durations. Practical applications exist for universities that are facing pressure to shorten exam durations, due to scheduling limitations as class sizes grow. Mainly though, these results will set the mind of new instructors at ease, and validate suspicions of veteran instructors: tests must be of short-enough duration to alleviate time-pressure and anxiety. Building in excess time is required to fairly assess learning outcomes. Students have a higher level of satisfaction knowing they can display their capability fairly, and this comes without undue advantage.

The positive benefits from the observation that test duration is mostly uncorrelated with student grades