Many people believe that formal “pen and paper” examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement. Discuss this view and give your own opinion.

Traditionally,

student

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the student

have been examined

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has been examined

through a written

test

, which evaluated their

knowledge

and ability.

This

method,

however

, has been

challanged

take exception to

challenged

by many teachers who claim it is an old and inaccurate way to

test

the

student

's

knowledge

.

As a result

, there is a growing debate, how to evaluate properly the

student

's achievement. Using a closed or an open set question

test

, is probably the safest way to compare

knowledge

between the tested students. Because the questions are similar to all students, and as a consequence the answers are the same, it is easy for the examiner to check the tests and grade them

accordingly

.

Furthermore

, these

form

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forms

of tests are excellent when we are interested in assessing

knowledge

from several schools at the same time. To illustrate, every year in Israel, a closed set question

test

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is

being used to evaluate elementary school students across the entire country in mathematics, history and

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English

language. Based on these scores, the local education system is being financed by the

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the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

government

.

In contrast

to the above mentioned, formal tests might be difficult and stressful to some students, which may affect their ability.

This

is especially true for students who suffer from ADHD or mental conditions, that prevents them from concentrating for long periods. Due to that,

although

these students know the tested material, they are still getting poor

test

results which affect their education gravely. These

propblem

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

problems

can be prevented through the use of, other methods,

such

as oral examination, end

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one of two divisions of an academic year

semester

final work, or an oral presentation which

minimize

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minimizes

the anxiety associated with formal tests. In my opinion, formal tests are not a good way to evaluate a

student

's

knowledge

because it only tests what we remember, and not what we

understant

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

understand

.

if

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If

we are tested in history,

for example

, remembering the location and the time of a specific event during the Vietnam war, might give us a

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good

test

score,

however

it will not

test

if we

understant

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

understand

the moral and historical consequences of it. By using other methods of evaluation,

such

as an oral lecture about the consequences of the war, or

wrtting

the act of creating written works

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an assay about the effects of the war, a teacher can really know if the

student

understand

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understands

the material. In conclusion, formal tests, in my opinion,

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not

the best method to evaluate

student's achievements

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the student's achievements

and understanding. Other means,

such

as a final

semster

one of two divisions of an academic year

semester

work, can

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assess

asses

if the students

truely

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

truly

understand the material

,

Accept space

,

or just memorized it.