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

Checking the knowledge and progress of students through

exams

instead

of continual assessment became a major part of the education system. In

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I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of

this

new flow of judgement. On the one hand, the

exams

are an efficient way to determine what level a

student

is right now.

This

facilitates the progress of

further

preparation and additional learning depending on the results.

Moreover

,

exams

are like a focal point for both teachers and pupils as they can mentally know what junior should pay attention to more.

Consequently

, the exam as a form of the estimate is a scheme to distinguish the weaker sides of the undergraduate and help them to work with it.

For instance

,

exams

like the SAT in the USA, Governmental

exams

in Russia and etc. are the perfect design for

this

category of the appraisal.

On the other hand

,

this

kind of regulation of

student

knowledge is often stressful and not fully accurate.

For example

, a

student

may have a deep proficiency in that subject, but he failed the exam. But one exam does not distinguish the insight of that pupil as there many circumstances that may have changed the results that he has been showing before.

Furthermore

,

this

outcome affects the

student

too, as he loses confidence in himself and a will to study more. In conclusion, the

exams

as a form of assessment is an adequate way to detect the level of knowledge in certain fields or in general. ,

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modern

exams

have a demanding influence on students that lead to many other problems. It is important to balance both continual assessments with

exams

to understand completely the way

student

is working.