There seems to be an increasing trend towards assessing students through exams rather than continual assessment. What are the advantages and disadvantages of exams as a form of assessment?

Nowadays, students are evaluated through tests on specific days of the year

instead

of observing their daily performance at schools. Even though

this

phenomenon has several merits, it

also

has some drawbacks that should never be underestimated. As far as the advantages are concerned, it is obvious that

this

has significant benefits to students. One of the most typical virtues is the strong criteria. Actually, it is not

school

only that has strict

assesments

the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

assessments

; in practise, learning how to manage with

this

, a student will not face problems in a language

test

or in a simple driving

test

, to name but a few cases.

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in addition

Furthermore

, another positive is competition, which is equally as advantageous. The fact of the matter is that life outside

school

is very tough, every day we cope with life's tests.

Therefore

, only if a student

excel

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excels

in

these

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these tests

test

will they cope with daily setbacks.

Last

but not least, we should bear in mind that tests are a strong motive.

For example

, I remember, how pressure put

in

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on

myself at

school

with the intention of getting good marks at tests.

On the other hand

, it seems that there are considerable disadvantages. Principally, pupils focus on the

test

rather than on education. To put it another way, the main goal is education rather than

test

. Sad to say, many students are unaware of the fact that the

test

is not an end in

itslelf

reflexive from of "it"

itself

,

hence

, they underestimate knowledge.

Furthermore

, there exist

also

a serious shortcoming as to examiner's health, every bit as worrying. What I mean is that numerous children feel immensely stressed. I am confident that their strains are too many to add an extra burden of a

school

test

.

Finally

, not to mention, many students cheat on tests.

In other words

, many students use

unaccepted

practices,

such

as open books under desks

,

Accept space

,

or small notes on

desk

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a desk

the desk

, you name it, to get high marks. Admittedly,

this

unfair method of

assesment

the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

assessment

is doomed to fail since it does not represent reality and it works to the detriment of good pupils. Taking all the aforementioned into consideration,

this

modern type of assessment in education institutions

offer

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offers

vast pros,

nonetheless

, in no way should the negatives be underestimated. Personally, I am of the opinion that both types are adequate enough to demonstrate the understanding of students.