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The current trend in education is to move away from traditional exams and instead have continuous assessment over the school year. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is an obvious fact that examinations play a vital part in the teaching and learning process. A number of educators have tried to find an effective method to assess students. They tend to choose prolonged assessment through the school year rather than semester examinations. Personally, I completely agree with this opinion and will discuss the reasons why in this essay. To begin with, one of the primary reasons for this trend is that continuous assessments are reliable. The fact is that students are assessed throughout the year via assignments, tests and projects. Therefore, the teacher can examine the students’ knowledge and capacity lesson by lesson and evaluate their competence more exactly. For example, a student whose active performance during the semester might not attain her goals in the final exam due to health issues. However, thanks to on-going assessment, the teacher can assess her appropriately. In addition, students’ active involvement in the learning process is one of the positive effects of continuous assessment. If the students are required to take frequent exams, they will now have an incentive to study at their normal daily routine and get well-prepared learning before classes. Hence, they can not only gain in-depth knowledge but also avoid suffering from psychiatric illnesses such as depression or anxiety. Moreover, this also allows both teacher and students to notice the shortcomings of individuals early so that necessary action can be taken timely to help the students. For instance, the teacher gives feedback on students’ oral presentation in order that they are aware of their strengths and weaknesses as well as self-motivated to maximize their learning. To conclude, continuous assessment could be an effective method to evaluate students’ performance and can be more valuable than traditional exams in terms of improving the quality of education.
It is an obvious fact that examinations play a vital part in the teaching and learning process. A number of educators have tried to find an effective method to assess
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students
. They tend to choose prolonged
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assessment
through the school year
rather
than semester examinations.
Personally
, I completely
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agree
with this opinion and will discuss the reasons why in this essay.

To
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begin
with, one of the primary reasons for this trend is that continuous
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assessments
are reliable. The fact is that
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students
are assessed
throughout the year via assignments,
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tests
and projects.
Therefore
, the
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teacher
can examine the
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students’
knowledge and capacity lesson by lesson and evaluate their competence more exactly.
For example
, a
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student
whose active performance during the semester might not attain her goals in the final exam due to health issues.
However
, thanks to
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on-going
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assessment
, the
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teacher
can assess her
appropriately
.

In addition
,
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students’
active involvement in the learning process is one of the
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positive
effects of continuous
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assessment
. If the
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students
are required
to take frequent exams, they will
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now
have an incentive to study at their normal daily routine and
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get
well-prepared learning
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before
classes.
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only
gain in-depth knowledge
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also
avoid suffering from psychiatric illnesses such as depression or anxiety.
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, this
also
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allows
both
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teacher
and
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students
to notice the shortcomings of individuals early
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so
that necessary action can
be taken
timely to
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help
the
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students
.
For instance
, the
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teacher
gives feedback on
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students’
oral presentation in order that they are aware of their strengths and weaknesses
as well
as self-motivated to maximize their learning.

To conclude
, continuous
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assessment
could be an effective method to evaluate
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students’
performance and can be more valuable than traditional exams in terms of improving the quality of education.
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IELTS essay The current trend in education is to move away from traditional exams and instead have continuous assessment over the school year.

Essay
  American English
4 paragraphs
297 words
6.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0
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