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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.

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In spite of having many new educational systems that benefit people, the majority of people are still accessed by using traditional written exams to portray one’s academic achievements. A great number of people believe that it cannot show
full potential
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the full potential
 of a student. In
this
 essay I will discuss both, benefits and drawbacks of it and show my opinion.
First
 of all, speaking about the benefits traditional system has
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been
ability
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an ability
the ability
 to examine person’s analytical, mathematical and technical skills. As world progress and innovations are presented, it is important to have an expert, who could calculate and program a machine that could bring a change
to
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in
 a world. From my point of view, paper-based testing should still be kept in exact sciences,
such
 as Math and Physics, but only as a part of whole examination.
On the other hand
, pen-and-paper exams has downgraded most countries’ literacy level because most children are striving to score higher grade rather than focusing on gaining knowledge and developing themselves. In
such
cases grades
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cases, grades
 never portray a person’s actual understanding of a subject, since the final score could be affected as by lack of knowledge, as by personal aspect,
such
 as stress, in the similar way. I believe, that schools should
also
 include team projects or research papers in order to improve child’s creative and critical thinking and provide a student with the topic of interest. To conclude, the vast majority of countries are still utilizing an old evaluation system, that could only benefit only a minimal areas of studies.
Therefore
, people should pay more attention to developing new methods.
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