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

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It has become a trend not to evaluate the performance of
students
 through regular assessments in class but, through
exams
. To assess a child through
exams
 will inculcate
the
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 sense of equality and competition but will have drawbacks
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also
. On the one hand,
exams
 provide a fair assessment system which is based on equality and encourages
students
 to keep on striving and doing hard work to be in competition with fellow classmates
thus
, always keeping them in high spirits to perform in
exams
.
Moreover
,
at the end
 of the year performance evaluation is
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 fair system to promote
children
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 classes.
Furthermore
,
exams
 keep
children
 updated with their lessons, as there is a scheduled timetable and syllabus and all instructions
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 known by the
students
 which, motivates them to do well.
Children
 are
also
 mentally ready for
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exams
 to perform well.
On the other hand
,
exams
 to be used as a form of assessment, puts a continuous pressure of performing with their parents and teachers
as a result
 it induces anxiety and increases stress in
children
.
In addition
 to
this
, taking appraisal by
exams
 will not check the actual calibre of the
students
 as they cannot always get satisfactory results
due to
 nervousness and fear of getting lesser scores. Another reason that
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 estimate is not always correct is that different
children
 are of different calibres, some can give
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 results in
this
 kind of setting others can lose their confidence.
Moreover
, as the expectations of the parents and teachers are always more
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 can let them
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 bad
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 sometimes which can be detrimental. In conclusion,
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exams
 as o for to assess
children
 can be advantageous but, will
also
 increase pressure and stress in
students
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • assessing
  • evaluation
  • uniformity
  • standardization
  • competitive environment
  • motivate
  • stress and anxiety
  • negative impact
  • narrow comprehension
  • concentrate on memorization
  • recall information
  • mastery
  • reliance
  • practical applications
  • continuous assessment
  • short-term approach
  • knowledge retention
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