The discussion regarding how to examine
is certainly a difficult one and has not yet been settled. A new
of evaluation has emerged and sparked the debate on whether the educational system should implement it or not.
essay will shed light on the negative aspects of the traditional exams, as well as portray why I believe that a continuous
is much more beneficial.
with, let us start with the disadvantages of the current method.
, traditional exams have been the same for the past century. While everything else in society has been progressing and advancing, our school system seems to be stuck in time.
argument alone should suffice to support a change,
, consider
the stress the current
of evaluation places on
. To illustrate
, recent studies have shown that kids become overly stressed during exam week. By concentrating all of the tests in the same timeframe a huge burden is placed on the shoulders of our children, which could lead to psychological issues.
To
support
new trend, let us discuss its positive aspects. To start, a better quality of assessment is certainly guaranteed. By having
examination happen continuously, a much more accurate view is obtained when compared to the current way.
, most Brazilian schools have exams every three months, which is
a long timeframe that
may get lower grades due to having already forgotten part of what was learned at the beginning of the period.
, the new way allows a quicker and more effective response of teachers and parents. To exemplify, with the traditional test methods tutors can only know that a child is having a poor performance after the exam, which could take 2-3 months. If the new
of testing was in place a much faster identification of bad performance would be possible,
allowing teachers to help the kid in need.
To conclude,
matter is certainly much more complex than it
seems, but some strong arguments were presented in favour of the new educational assessment method. I believe that a change is already due, not only because the current way is very outdated, but
because it improves the quality of evaluation.
, governments should bring
topic into the discussion and consider changing it as soon as possible to benefit our
.