Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student’s performance. Continual assessment such as coursework and projects is not satisfactory way to do this. Do you agree or disagree?

I strongly agree with the idea, that formal examinations are the only effective method to assess a
student
's
performance
,
while
continual
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assessment
such
as coursework and projects is not
satisfactory
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way to do
this
. Nowadays students are assessed by assignments and several schoolwork, but I don'
t
think
this
is the right way to assess someone. Specifically for
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who don'
t
take exams as
a
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serious
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thing. Everything will be discussed in
this
essay. On the one hand,
student's
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education level will be assessed perfectly because of the existence of formal
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examinations
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.
In addition
, exams include the most important
informations
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information
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that the
student
need
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to concentrate on
also
, without
examining
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student's
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won'
t
take it
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seriously
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serious
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.
For example
: if teachers decided to let us work
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projects and coursework, I
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be learning about the whole material and end up not knowing the main ideas.
On the other hand
, continual
assessment
seem to be easier
some how
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somehow
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for some
student's
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students
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,
which
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they don'
t
have to spend a lot of time studying and memorizing things.
Such
as some
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are stressed because of these formal examinations so they end up not getting assessed properly. So continual
assessment
may be the second better option for them to check their
performance
. In conclusion, people have a different
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about checking on
performance
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the performance
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of the
student
, whether to be assessed by formal examinations or by continual
assessment
.
This
comes back to the
student
's point of view and what
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he or she prefer more, to get excellent
performance
.
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