Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student’s performance. Continual assessment such as course work and projects are not a satisfactory way to do this. Do you agree or disagree?

In the present world, academic

performance

is becoming more and more important since it can decide

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a student’s future. Under

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circumstance, examinations are wildly recognised to be the only effective method to judge students’

performance

, while continuous assignment

such

as course work and projects are often ignored. From my perspective, I disagree that

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formal examinations are the only effective way to assess

performance

. The following essay will prove my statement by discussing the purposes of continual work and drawback of only assessing examinations. The main purpose of continual work is to enhance students’ learning skills and teaching skills, which can symbolise an outcome of

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tudy in a period. Projects that include essay and presentation,

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esearch themselves. Those works improve students’ researching skills, time management, writing skills and speech skills. For students who have relatively worse

performance

, it a good chance to increase their scores, and those improvements and learning skills are actually better for the student’s development. The drawback of heavily relying on

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formal exams is the losses of some talents.

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, examinees may perform

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in the test as they are ill or feel uncomfortable. Those situations are uncontrollable to some extent, but what is

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esult that they encounter those conditions in some important exams,

such

as entrance test of the university.

Consequently

, it will be disastrous for those students as they lose opportunities

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entering their dream schools, and for the university, it

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loses the chance to accept brilliant students. In conclusion,

although

formal examinations can determine a person’s academic

performance

, I still believe it is extreme to claim

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only effective way to assess, and the continual works can

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the study

performance

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in a period.