Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student's performance. Continual assessment such as coursework and projects is not a satisfactory way to do this. Do you agree or disagree?

One of the highly controversial topics in education relates to how student's

performance

should be evaluated.

Although

some argue that formal

exams

are the only methods for

this

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and activities cannot be supplemental, I strongly disagree with

this

view. The first reason why I believe that student's academic

performance

should be measured

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multifaceted

is that

exams

cannot represent all the aspects of subjects. Taking a history class as an example,

although

students will obtain good scores if they cram historical events for

exams

, it is not the purpose of

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education. As I think that it is important to learn why it took place or observe both points of

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of stakeholders in historical events, the attitudes toward

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or activities which reinforce their understanding and facilitate to exchange

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should be

also

assessed to improve their knowledge. If these works are not evaluated, students will study only for

exams

. Another justification for my view is that there are some pupils who cannot display their

performance

on

exams

.

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, if they are not

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fit on an exam day, their scores will be dissatisfying for them. In that case, they will feel fair if their

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and projects

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complementally

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assessed. If these activities are not considered for their evaluations, they will regard them as being less important, and they will be

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reluctant

to take part in them actively. In conclusion, I vehemently oppose the view that student's academic

performance

should be only evaluated by

exams

.

This

is because

exams

cannot cover the whole content of the subject and there are some students who cannot obtain good scores for several reasons.

Furthermore

, if their attitudes toward

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classwork

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and projects are more or less assessed, they will become more positive in the class.