That's also just testing memory. I had a teacher do that to me in high school where they graded papers during winter break and when they asked me about it in January I could barely remember that I wrote the document let alone the specifics of the topic.
Of course, I have a exceptionally bad (37th percentile) long-term memory so maybe that's just me. Schooling in general seems to be geared towards tests of memory at the expense of understanding.
High school me: "Well I understood it at the time" hehe
IIUC, testing memory is half of pedagogy. Memory (or the student growing the necessary techniques and discipline to supplement an internal lack of it) is pretty key to (at least US) pedagogy in the primary / intermediate levels.
Of course, I have a exceptionally bad (37th percentile) long-term memory so maybe that's just me. Schooling in general seems to be geared towards tests of memory at the expense of understanding.
High school me: "Well I understood it at the time" hehe