Tests and examinations are a central feature of school systems in many countries. Do you think the educational benefits of testing outweigh any disadvantages?

For many decades the educational system

have evaluated

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has evaluated

and classified

students

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students'

student

student's

achievements through various types of tests. Recent data

has challanged

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have challenged

has challenged

this

paradigm and raised fundamental questions in regards to the classical structure through which

knowledge

is evaluated. Performing a test at the end of an academic year has many potential benefits. Tests compare how well a student knows the required material in a relatively objective manner. Whether it is in the form of a written or an oral examination, all students eventually get a

numerative

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

narrative

grade and their

knowledge

is being compared to one another. If done on a state level, tests can

also

compare specific schools and grade their educational capabilities.

Furthermore

, tests help to set a minimal foundation block from which the educational system can build

uppon

in contact with, on top of

upon

in the

upcomming

of the relatively near future

upcoming

years.

This

is especially important in exact sciences

such

as biology and physics. Despite its well known and obvious advantages, publications have repeatedly shown that not all people respond

qually

to the same degree (often followed by 'as')

equally

calmly

to tests.

Initially

, it is well known now know that not all students have the same ability to study under

stressfull

extremely irritating to the nerves

stressful

conditions, a fact that have direct consequences on the

students

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students'

student's

student

test results. Testing

also

increase social competition between students and

this

may have severe effects

on

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of

social isolation.

Lastly

, some

oponents

a contestant that you are matched against

opponents

opponents'

opponent's

claim that a

test evaluate

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test, evaluate

knowledge

that has been memorized and not truly learned and integrated.

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Throughout

my educational years I have been evaluated by oral and

writtent

set down in writing in any of various ways

written

exams as well as through other

ways

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ways, such

such

as an assay or an academic work. In my

experience writting

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experience, writing

experience writing

an academic work is superior to tests in the majority of the cases. By performing and

writting

the act of creating written works

writing

a task I believe the true

knowledge

of a student can be seen because it requires not only knowing the studied

material but

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material, but

also

being able to

understant

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

understand

it enough to implement it into other subjects and

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cause to move by pulling

draw

an educated conclusion.

This

, in my opinion,

represent

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represents

true

knowledge

. In conclusions, evaluating a

students

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student

is a

diffcult

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

difficult

task and much consideration should be done so that we can know if a student memorize the material or

truely

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

truly

knows it.