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Tests and examinations are a central feature of school systems in many countries. Do you think the educational benefits of testing outweigh any disadvantages?

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An issue whether
overall impact
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the overall impact
 of exam-driven education systems
is
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are
 far more positive than negative or not is certainly a contentious one. Even though tests can be efficacious assessment tools in terms of competitive environment and interpersonal skills, it is my conviction that lacking creative thinking training as well as causing memory-based learning, drawbacks of examinations outweigh its merits.
First
 of all, the pressure on students to succeed academically is buttressed by a strict regime of formal exams, which might lead disappearance of
innovativeness
 amid students. As creative students are required to be evaluated by
such
active
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activity
action
 and practical mediums as face-to-face conversations and their works, examination might make them only be fixated on enhancing problem-solving prowess and statistical operations. Henceforth, judging strategies of schools should have a balance between creativity and active-learning.
Furthermore
, examinations are primary roots of memory-directed learning. To illustrate,
as a result
 of examining students by only tests, they are highly likely to be engrossed in memory-based learning which lead them to recall the information just until the exam
then
 forget it. An exam anxiety,
for instance
, which has become
nightmare
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the nightmare
a nightmare
 of some students, would be the chief reason why even remarkably competent students fail in exams.
However
, with an eye to becoming top-ranked one in examinations, students make
effort
Suggestion
an effort
the effort
 to learn with perseverance and their full potential, which means, regular tests can create a combative atmosphere.
Nonetheless
, students might learn
for
Suggestion
from
 the result and reputation, not for gaining knowledge. In conclusion, albeit educational and spiritual value of exam-oriented systems, I firmly believe that engendering surface learning alongside
testophobia
 examinations’ downsides
are
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is
 much more superior to upsides.
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