Many People Believe That Formal Pen And Paper Examinations Are Not The Best Method Of Assessing Educational Achievement

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While some people believe that formal ‘pen and
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are the best examinations and
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don’t need to
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way of demonstrating educational achievement, there is another
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idea that
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method is significantly worse than
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one. In my opinion, the digital age is making ‘pen and
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seem obsolete and schools need to combine them with other forms of assessment. On the one hand,
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examination and they need to hard make preparation, but when scholars prepare for
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deal with stressful situations. Some
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prefer rote learning to a normal way of preparation in
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path they implied that examinations are not conducted under strict invigilation and so
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can cheat, but it is not.
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can predict
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, if
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on a good assessment.
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can define what will be in
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path educational system has formal standards
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will be easier to get ready than
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deem.
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, identical
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other
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and rewrite all
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answers;
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depreciate
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case he gets a high score himself. All things considered, I believe that in the future government create another way to appraise the whole education achievement
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and pen’ examination.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • formal examinations
  • pen and paper
  • educational achievement
  • assess
  • standardized measure
  • knowledge and skills
  • develop skills
  • stressful
  • pressure
  • capture
  • abilities
  • potential
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