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Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student's performance. Continual assessment such as course work and projects is not a satisfactory way to do this. Do you agree or disagree?

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In
this
 present world, there are several ways to assess a
student
's
performance
. There is still an ongoing debate on whether formal examinations are the best way in terms of evaluating a
student
's
performance
 or it is the continual assessments
such
 as weekly assignments and projects that show a
student
's
performance
 efficiently. In my opinion, weekly assignments, teamwork and projects are the most accurate ways to assess a
student
's
performance
. Standardized examinations could lack giving accurate results since there are many factors affecting a
student
's
performance
 during exams
such
 as their mood, motivation and interests. Students who did great work on their classes could fail in exams due to bad mood they are in during the exam.
In addition
 to being in a bad mood, students can get excited during the exams which could
also
 affect the
student
's
performance
 in a negative way.
This
 could mislead a teacher when assessing a
student
's
performance
.
However
, getting bad grades does not mean that the
student
's overall
performance
 is below average. Since, getting students motivated during exams is impossible, we can conclude that formal examinations are not efficient enough when evaluating a
student
's overall
performance
. Area of interest related to school subjects can differ from
student
 to
student
. Because of
this
, they could perform a bad
performance
 on the examinations of subjects that they do not like.
This
 could
also
 lead mislead teachers in terms of assessing
student
's
performance
.
On the other hand
, students can easily encouraged to do well on a project with other students or their teacher even they do not like the subject.
Thus
, continual assessments give more accurate results on
student
's
performance
. To sum up, there are many ways to evaluate a
student
's
performance
.
However
, continual assessments give more accurate results than formal examinations. It is,
therefore
 much more effective when it comes to assess a
student
's overall
performance
.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • controlled environment
  • academic ability
  • creativity
  • critical thinking
  • practical skills
  • holistic approach
  • high-stakes exam
  • rote learning
  • deeper understanding
  • plagiarism
  • standardized measure
  • consistency
  • fairness
  • track progress
  • feedback
  • equitable approach
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