Some people believe that exams are an inappropriate way of measuring student’s performance and should be replaced by continuous assessments. Do you agree or disagree with this view?
According to
some, exams
are an unsuitable way of measuring student's abilities and they should be replaced by continuous assessments
. In my opinion, I agree with the statement because exams
lead to a negative influence on students
' mental health and assessments
are more effective than exams
.
Firstly
, the impact of exams
on students
' mental health. In other words
, nobody denies that students
feel stress when exams
season
is soon for them and many of them try to hurt themselves. For example
, the number of students
who suicide in China has increased for a few years, this
is mainly because of the difficult exams
which are provided to them. Hence
, exams
are an inappropriate way of measuring student's ability because of the stress they feel before the exam
and that would impact the students
to show their real ability in the exam
.
Another point is that assessments
are more effective than exams
. That is
to say, if students
were asked to do homework frequently, they would be more hardworking in their studies. However
, when it comes to exams
, students
have an exam
season
which takes more than a month between each exam
season
. For instance
, for me when I was at school, I used to take my exams
every month. Therefore
, assessments
make hard-working students
, but exams
make lazy students
because they do not have to study frequently, they could just study during exam
season
.
To sum up
, I believe that exams
are an unsuitable way of measuring students
' performance and they should be replaced by continuous assessments
, this
is because of the impact of exams
on students
' mental health and homework is more effective than exam
seasons. If exams
were to be banded , students
would be happy.Submitted by asomm5563 on
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