In many countries, formal exams are used to assess students’ abilities and to judge the success of their education. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using formal exams to assess students’ abilities? Do you think the benefits of using formal exams outweigh the drawbacks?

Students
in some countries take official
exams
that are provided by top officials to evaluate
students
' abilities.
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children less confident,
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of taking
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because
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method to assess and improve
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of
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in
schools
. Governments provide general guidelines and standards to ensure that all
students
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oportunity
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opportunity
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level of education.
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, every
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different
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teaching, and every
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have
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different
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ability to learn things.
While
some may have supportive parents, some may not.
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,
while
some
schools
are more
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student-oriented
, some may not. Because of
this
reason, some countries set
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exams
in every
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to assess the
students
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general ability
,
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and
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the
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how effective
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the educational system
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how well
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teachers'
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performance
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.
For example
, in my country,
exams
are held each year for every
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in each grade. If the
overall
performance of the school is poor, its management would be ordered to take additional steps to enhance general performance.
Nevertheless
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minor disadvantage of imposing formal
exams
for pupils. All
exams
cannot assess
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general ability accurately.
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Consequently
, children tend to be discouraged
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learning
things when they get lower scores, or by comparing others'
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performance
. Particularly, mandating
exams
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elementary
schools
is not appropriate. it
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them more
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, thinking
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as bad and foolish
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.
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years ago in my country, pupils in elementary school are exempted from formal
exams
. In conclusion, I believe that
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of taking
exams
are more
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outweigh
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drawbacks
,
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because it can be
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to evaluate
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for evaluating
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the existing education system
,
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and
further
improvements.
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