Evaluation methods of a student’s performance have always been an area of contention around the world. While individuals believe that this can be done by continual assessment of their assignments and project work, others are in favor of formal examination. Personally, I disagree with this idea and in this essay, I will support my opinion with examples.
To begin with, the aim of the assessment is to quantify how much the student understands the taught subject in its totality. An examination is usually administered on a single taking. The outcome is determined by various circumstances factors such as whether the examination is held in a conducive atmosphere, whether the student is healthy during the time of the examination. All of them are non-academic factors that might influence the exam's outcome.
What's more, traditional exam models only focus on theoretical knowledge so I believe that formal examinations are not flexible enough to assess other qualities possessed by students. For example, practical skills and interpersonal and team-working skills such as confidence and the ability of a student to present a topic to the public.
On the other hand, there is an argument that the examination that is taken in educational institutes is a more reliable method of testing children's ability that help them try to pass the exam with flying colors in other ones if they get poor test results.
In conclusion, formal examinations are a useful means of assessment. However, I think they are not the best way to measure student performance. Because the result only reflects the score, it does not clearly reflect the actual capacity of each individual.
Evaluation methods of a
student’s
performance have always been an area of contention around the world. While individuals believe that this can
be done
by continual assessment of their assignments and project work, others are in favor of formal
examination
.
Personally
, I disagree with this
idea
and in this essay, I will support my opinion with examples.
To
begin
with, the aim of the assessment is to quantify how much the
student
understands the taught subject in its totality. An
examination
is
usually
administered on a single taking. The outcome
is determined
by various circumstances factors such as whether the
examination
is held
in a conducive atmosphere, whether the
student
is healthy during the time of the
examination
. All of them are non-academic factors that might influence the exam's outcome.
What's more, traditional exam models
only
focus on theoretical knowledge
so
I believe that formal
examinations
are not flexible
enough
to assess
other
qualities possessed by
students
.
For example
, practical
skills
and interpersonal and team-working
skills
such as confidence and the ability of a
student
to present a topic to the public.
On the
other
hand, there is an argument that the
examination
that
is taken
in educational institutes is a more reliable method of testing children's ability that
help
them try to pass the exam with flying colors in
other
ones if they
get
poor
test
results.
In conclusion
, formal
examinations
are a useful means of assessment.
However
, I
think
they are not the best way to measure
student
performance.
Because
the result
only
reflects the score, it does not
clearly
reflect the actual capacity of each individual.