Children have more and more tests and exams to do at school, sometimes starting from the age 5 or 6, right up until age of 18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making children do exams?

Nowadays, for educational processes, assessments play a significant role in testing

student

outcomes after their relative grades. It is commonly argued that the frequency of

exams

is increasing daily and pupils are required to participate in a variety of

exams

from an early age. In my opinion, assessments are one of the critical features of better education.

Nevertheless

, if the

number

of

exams

is exceeded,

this

can be harmful to the quality of learning progress in some of the schools. It is a fact that without understanding the main reasons behind

students

' failure in studying, it is impossible to support and increase their outcomes. From

this

point of view ,

exams

play a valuable and irreplaceable role in teaching and learning activities. Because of having

exams

,

students

would study and memorize their subjects and it could improve their productivity in learning. In a modern educational era,

exams

are gradually becoming more open types – not only taken with exam paper sheets but

also

students

can inspire by books that examiners give them.

Thus

, having the proper type of

exams

in the relevant interval is beneficial for

students

and better education.

On the other hand

, sometimes schools gives more effort to increase the

number

of

exams

instead

of analyzing the result of previous

exams

, and it could lead to stressful

student

life.

For instance

, it is statistically proven that the

number

of

exams

during the academic week should not be more than twice. Because of increasing

exams

, a life of high credit became a vital part of every

student

. So, obviously, they start to memorize by heart their subjects.

To sum up

, it is impossible to imagine educational processes without testing

students

’ outcomes,

nevertheless

, the

number

of

exams

should not be exceeded the real need of

students

.

Although

teachers and society can check and evaluate their children's educational abilities, I believe

exams

are not an excellent method to consider a

student

's education level and efforts.