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

Examining students offer a great opportunity for parents to know the academic performance at the institution

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belong. Assessing candidates through the means of taking exams has become an enormous trend unlike the use of day-to-day reviewing in the child's performance.

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both methods are very useful, we shall look at the merits and demerits of using examination as a criterion for assessing students. Without a doubt, the advantage of

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form of assessment allows people to have adequate preparation before they undertake the examination and

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is a very good strategy since lots of knowledge is applied

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of the day for people to have a successful academic achievement

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of the period in school. Even though they did not attend class sessions, an opportunity will be given to people to be assessed eventually. Reports from a lecturer at the Naval Based University made inputs that,

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form is very vital in allowing all candidates to partake in the upcoming exams ,unlike continual assessments where a missed opportunity would lead to failure. The cons to

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way of assessment are that much time and resources are wasted in the preparation for the trials . A very high form of expenditure is accumulated into the purchasing of itineraries in order to print documents for candidates to assess in the examination hall and

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later intends to burden the administration of the school. Time is allocated for each test allowing supervisors to invigilate at times when they might be busy. L|A catholic school in recent news is seen to have experienced a low turnout in their monetary funds as they claimed they spent most of it on printing. Conclusively, albeit supporting the assessment of wards by the use of examinations, it can be meritorious on the one hand and disadvantageous

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