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. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Universities are often under the society’s eye for a different set of reasons, one of them are ensuring students’ abilities are being assessed in a right way and on a correct basis.

This

raises a question whether

knowledge

and ability should be examined only by formal tests or continuous assessments should

also

be considered. In

this

essay I will discuss these views and explain why I feel that continuous course

work

and regular projects are crucial whilst evaluating students’ skills – not only because of consistent

work

undertaken throughout the year which would show students’

knowledge

but

also

developed abilities to be adopted for long term. To start off, if we did not study throughout the year on a particular subject by doing various of continuous

work

,

such

as group projects or assessments, we would have a poor understanding of what we are expected to know or be capable of and could face a miserable fail. To avoid

this

situation, students in universities are being asked to participate in classes on a periodic basis and

as a result

, being judged on their

work

which is a fair evaluation in my view.

Moreover

, to gain a skill or learn something new takes practice. Students are not in universities to get a worthless paper, they are there to get the

knowledge

to be used in the long term, and for their future career, many would hope so. Research shows that if information is being memorized rather than understood keeps in our head for approximately only two weeks.

That is

another important fact, why students cannot be evaluated just by one final written or practical exam, whereas it can simply mean student learnt the subject

last

minute

Suggestion

minutely

and passed the exam while

this

is not the right way to do it.

Similarly

enough, a good student who might have had a perfect midterm result, stressed out too much before the test and

consequently

did not get a result which truly measured his or her abilities or expertise. To conclude, not only I believe that continuous assessments should be implemented in university levels, but

also

the

knowledge

and abilities of students should strictly be measured based on both, formal examinations at the end of the term and continuing

work

undertaken by students which would show a true value of their understanding and skills obtained due to long-term value.