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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?

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Evaluating
students
 is one of the most important criteria
of
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 teaching and learning. In the past, continual assessments are the most effective part of the evaluation process of
students
.
However
, the ever-increasing tendency of taking
exams
 sometimes surpasses the popularity of continual assessment. The
exam
 has
both
 benefits and drawbacks and
this
 essay will explore
both
side
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sides
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.
To begin
 with, in every teaching ,process
students
 have to show what they have achieved through
the
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learning. There are numerous ways to prove their capability and taking
exams
 is the most important one despite
of
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both
 advantages and disadvantages. First and foremost, taking the
exam
 is the most effective and creative way of assessing
students
.
For example
,
students
 can sit for an
exam
 after a certain period of the lesson to assess themselves.
Moreover
,
through
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 ,
exam
 they can find out their weaknesses and problems and
then
 concentrate to solve
it
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.
In addition
, there is a chance of supplementary
exams
 which help failed
students
 to sit for another
exam
 and succeed. There are some negative sides to
exams
 and the most prominent one is sometimes it fails to evaluate the weakness of
students
. The very old process of questioning and answering in the
exam
 sometimes lacks the effectiveness of evaluation.
Therefore
, the calibre of
students
 is not properly evaluated. Another problem is that sometimes only passing
exams
 can become the only focus of
students
 rather than earning knowledge. That's why the principal aim of education is somehow ignored.
Furthermore
,
students
 in some cases grow the tendency to
doing
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 unfair means in the
exam
 which can not be appreciated. Taking
exam
 have
both
 demerits and merits. But if the merits can outweigh the demerits,
exams
 should the taken.
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