Exams are a good way of measuring students’ knowledge.
Exams are a way to assess the academic performance of a student. But is it the best method for evaluating students?
I don’t think that exams are accurate to indicate one’s progress. Most students start studying only when a test or exam is approaching. The results are therefore not an accurate prediction of one's knowledge on the subject. After a particular chapter's contents are tested, he/she would quite happily "wipe out" whatever he/she had studied to make way for new chapters.
Tests indicate a child's progress or lack of progress. It provides valuable feedback for the teacher to know which topics need to be ret aught.
On the other hand, children are tested a lot when they are young and this may put excess stress on them at too young an age. Furthermore, it creates lot of burden on students and this causes that many students don’t want going to school.
What should be done instead of sitting for exams, in my opinion, is to take the results of daily work and assignments. This will force students to take each piece of work seriously and pay attention during class, fully maximizing their potential.
Andrea Aleixandre.
Exams are a way to assess the academic performance of a student. But is it the best method for evaluating students?
I don’t think that exams are accurate to indicate one’s progress. Most students start studying only when a test or exam is approaching. The results are therefore not an accurate prediction of one's knowledge on the subject. After a particular chapter's contents are tested, he/she would quite happily "wipe out" whatever he/she had studied to make way for new chapters.
Tests indicate a child's progress or lack of progress. It provides valuable feedback for the teacher to know which topics need to be ret aught.
On the other hand, children are tested a lot when they are young and this may put excess stress on them at too young an age. Furthermore, it creates lot of burden on students and this causes that many students don’t want going to school.
What should be done instead of sitting for exams, in my opinion, is to take the results of daily work and assignments. This will force students to take each piece of work seriously and pay attention during class, fully maximizing their potential.
Andrea Aleixandre.
