In many countries, formal exams are used to assess students’ abilities and 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 outweigh the drawbacks?

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Assessing
students
' capability for academic success
by
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exams
is the most
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that many countries around the world. I believe that the reliance only on
exams
does not determine
students
' ability to be successful learners.
Exams
are assessing
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for
teachers
' performance, and judging
students
only by
exams
is
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.
Students
' evaluation should based on other factors,
such
as their personalities, whether they are
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or not, and
also
their commitment. Depending only on
exams
to predict
students
’ academic success
is
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could be unfair, when
students
are not
interesting
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in subjects.
Also
when they do not study well before
exams
due to
some circumstances,
such
as illness, so they will achieve low marks.
For example
, some learners feel anxious during
exams
, and
this
will affect their
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while
they are studying. Unfortunately,
this
will be reflected
on
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their results.
On the other hand
,
exams
are
considering
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considered
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a standardized way to evaluate
teachers
themselves,
besides
students
’ performance and assessing their performance level by responsible authorities. It can give
general
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view by counting
number
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the number
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of failed and successful
students
, if the number of
students
who
are
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achieved
high
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a high
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degree rose,
that
is
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mean
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teachers
' capability for explanation is good.
Furthermore
,
exams
are helping
students
to dry studying in
systematic
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way and organizing their ideas.
For instance
, some countries tend to exclude
teachers
if there is
huge
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number of
students
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who did
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did
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not pass
exams
, they
are assuming
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the problem
related
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to
teachers
. In conclusion, I believe that
exams
are a good way to ensure the assessment of
students
’ understanding, but it is not an appropriate manner to evaluate
students
. There are many things
could
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control their educational success,
such
like
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personal skills.
Also
, governments can
be knowing
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teachers
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teachers'
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efficiency by
exams
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results.
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