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There 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

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One of the most powerful educational assessments is making a
test
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 students at ending of the course. Some people argue that the exam results can show the real capabilities, while some educators say teachers should assess based on the assigned tasks at least once a week. In
this
 following essay, I will discuss both sides of these views. To start with the benefit of the exam, it is usually a standardized way to evaluate the students. Tests have been designed for all learners equally
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 class level at the end of
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 period. Some countries have the same
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 in each class level and launch them to either private or public schools, they are called "National
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In contrast
, most continual assessments are used to evaluate on
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 period basis. It would be difficult to judge if the times pass, the result would be. Despite its benefits, the drawback of taking
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 obviously is no feedback after the
test
. The results have been announced publicly after the
test
, the
test
 taker would not know what the mistakes in the paper
test
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 or sum up to scores. Whilst ongoing assessments have provided some advice from the mentors,
then
 the mentee would know what is the wrong thing that they missed. Normally, it works like the mentorship program; give and take. To conclude, the written examinations have been an essential evaluated method in
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, the continual exams have provided
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 for their skill improvement. In my perspective, we can gather two methods to make an evaluation for achieving more success.
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