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

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In
this
 day and age, it is accepted by society that children should take examinations at their respective
schools
.
However
, an opinion is becoming more popular, stating that tests actually do nothing useful and only
stress
 out kids
while
 preparing for it. In
this
 essay, I'm going to look at
pros
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 and cons of
such
 tests. Starting off with the main advantage: taking
exams
 from
students
help
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helps
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schools
 grade children in each subject. What I mean by
this
 is that
schools
 will know which
students
 are good at specific subjects, and in which subjects they are struggling with.
For example
, a pupil may be good at mathematics, but bad at P.E. And so, teachers will help that kid to improve more at P.E. Continuing on, the second biggest advantage is the governments may know which
schools
 are best at educating.
Schools
 will compete more with each other,
and
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thus
 improving the education program.
Also
,
this
 might be helpful for the parents when they're looking for a future school for their child. Turning to the other side of the coin, the primary disadvantage of taking examinations is the
stress
. All children around the world experience
stress
 when they're preparing for
exams
. If the results are
disasterous
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disastrous
, there's a probability that a student may become depressed.
Secondly
, even if we look at today's world, the
exams
 are often useless. It's a headache for teachers,
students
, and even principals. In
a
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 country "Finland" there are no
exams
 in
schools
, but they are considered
as
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one of the best teaching
schools
 in the world. In conclusion, there are upsides and downsides
in
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 taking tests.
Exams
 may help improve the education system, but they
stress
 out
students
 and teachers. In my opinion,
schools
 should reduce the number of
exams
 that are taken by
students
.
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