Formal exams are used to assess students at the end of each semester in many countries. Why are these exams used by schools and universities? What other types of assessment are possible?

Many Universities

uses

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use

the formal exams at the end of every

semester

to examine their students. These exams are used to know, what students learnt during that

semester

and to determine the particular academic level of students. Personal interview and giving them of project work to know their practical knowledge are other types of assessment that could be used by

University

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the University

and schools. Schools and Universities use these exams because it is important to measure the progress and the particular level of a student. Most importantly, Universities and schools want to know that how well their students are progressing.

In addition

, they

also

want to know that how effective their teaching is.

For example

, as a

student I

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student, I

would like to know that how well I am doing during the

semester

and formal exams are very impactful to know that and when students perform well in exams,

teacher

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the teacher

could assess their teaching too. It is for these reasons that formal exams are still used widely by schools and Universities. Formal examinations are not the only way to measure the performance of the students.

Student

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A student

The student

could be assessed by personal interview or some practical works like making projects. In pen or paper based assessment there is a

chance cheating

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chance, cheating

, but in

this

two

types

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type

assessment there is not a chance of cheating.

Moreover

,

this

could be effective as every student would be assessed personally by the teacher.

For instance

, in my University final exam I worked on the project and built a model which was selected as a best project in the university.

This

was a

best

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good

better

way for me to evaluate my level of understanding. In conclusion, in many countries students take formal examination every

semester

. It is important for schools and University to know the progress of their students and written test is a way. Despite widespread use of formal

examination there

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examination, there

are some creative ways to assess students.