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

In recent years, the approach of using

exams

to assess

students

has risen in popularity over the alternative of continual

assessment

.

This

essay will highlight both the benefits and drawbacks that result from

such

an approach.

To begin

with

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the positives, a crucial advantage that examinations have as a form of

assessment

is that they leave little room for cheating.

This

is because

exams

are usually undertaken in the presence of an invigilator, whose job it is to detect any candidate breaking the rules.

In contrast

, continual

assessment

increases the risk of plagiarism since assignments are often completed with the help of the

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.

Besides

reducing cheating,

exams

are

also

more time-efficient. As they tend to only appear once or twice per year, they free up more time for

students

to revise and prepare.

Nevertheless

, assessing

students

via examinations does present some problems.

For instance

, some

students

are extremely intelligent and creative, but when put under pressure their minds can go blank. Considering that

exams

are situations of intensely high pressure, it is no wonder that even the brightest of

students

sometimes perform poorly. Another significant disadvantage of

this

system is the narrow range of information

which

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students

are tested

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. Unlike with continual

assessment

, the small window of time in tests limits how many questions can be asked,

thus

failing to test

students

’ knowledge in full. In conclusion,

although

formal examinations are beneficial in terms of cutting out cheating and improving efficiency, it is important to consider that they

also

harm