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

In today’s world standardized testing is a controversial issue. Some people support that

exams

are a fair method in order to check the

student

’s academic level, whilst others argue that they do not reflect

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real children’s possibilities. First and foremost, standardized testing

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student

progress.

Exams

can show

student

improvement over time by taking the same tests over time.

In addition

to

this

,

student

test

scores can

also

be easily compared to each other to show changes in progress.

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older tests

students

could achieve high grades and exceed their knowledge.

Consequently

,

exams

force

students

to revise and study even

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the

last

minute in order to pass the

test

.

Additionally

, another strong boon of examinations is that they are a metric for learning. The school gains a valuable metric so as to check the quality of its curriculum. With

exams

created and given by an independent organization, standardized

test

scores are useful because they come from a neutral source and give us data that we can compare to other independent schools across the globe.

On the other hand

,

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testing is not without its critics.

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scores can impact

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confidence. It is easy to Interpret

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score as the sole judgement of that

student

’s ability.

For example

, there are many cases where

students

have demonstrated

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understanding

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a subject or concept through various assessments, but aren’t as skilled at taking

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tests. Yet, it can be

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for

students

and

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them to give up and not try their best to accomplish high grades.

Nevertheless

, there are several ways to evaluate

student

learning without giving them a

test

. To clarify

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, one of the aforementioned ways is

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. Presentations give

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a different type of ownership over the content, literally presenting their knowledge and skills.

This

assessment style requires

students

to synthesize and focus on the most important elements.

Thus

,

students

who struggle with examinations find

this

alternative approach much easier and

as a result

they thrive with

this

method. Taking everything into account,

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testing does help

students

to strengthen their knowledge,

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some extent, yet there is definitely room for improvement. It is understandable for

students

to feel anxious sitting

exams

, because

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some point they are, and that’s why changes should be done in the ways that

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system

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students

learning

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to be more optimistic and

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hard to accomplish their goals in the foreseeable

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future

.