Many people believe that formal “pen and paper” examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement.

Traditional examinations with pen and paper play an important part in measuring the academic results in educational settings. In our society with the
development education
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development, education
system, many people have the belief that
this
method is not always the best option. In my opinion, they should not only base on pen and paper test to evaluate students’ results. It
can not
can not
cannot
be denied that traditional exams is (are) necessary for education purposes. Due to the fact that the formal
exams
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exam
results will determine the scores and ranks of students in the class, they will try their best not only to avoid falling but
also
to gain good results. Students
also
have to learn how to arrange their ideas in logical systems.
In addition
, formal "pen and paper" examinations create fairness to all students. To explain
this,
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, this test
this
test
require
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requires
students to take it under supervision of examiners and under the same conditions.
Therefore
, cheating can be lessened as much as possible. On the other hands, ‘’pen and paper’’ exam
can not
can not
cannot
be taken as the best method to access the results of students. Each student tends to reveal their intelligence in different ways. To clarify, some students are better at lingual performance rather than
at
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in
writing. Others have the advantages in art
such
as singing or dancing, or they are good at physical field like sports.
Hence
, the diversity of types of examination would help student be confident to expose their talents and adapt well to the real working environment. In conclusion,
although
“pen and paper” examinations can to some extent evaluate students’ performance, I believe that the variety of types of examinations
is
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are
more vital
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most vital
in the modern time.
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