Some people believe that exams are an inappropriate way of measuring student's performance and should be replaced by continues assessment.
Do you agree or disagree with this view?
There is some dispute whether the best method of assessing students is to use examinations or some form of continuous assessment.This is a complex issue and my belief is that there is probably no one method that applies to all educational systems.
There are three major arguments in favour of retaining exams.One is that they provide a clear and objectives measure of what students have learned whereas any form of continuous assessment is probably going to be far more subjective.An additional point is that testing tends to be an excellent way of motivating learners to study harder and to reward the students who do best.Likewise,examinations test the ability of students to work under pressure,and this is a vital life skill for their later careers.
On the other hand,there are still occasions when it can be better to relieve the students of exam pressure and to measure their abilities through continuous assessment.This is particularly the case in lower age groups where young children can be affected negatively by stress and underperform in exams.It can also be argued that continuous assessment is a more effective way of testing some subjects such as design and technology,which are more creative and less academic.A further point is that often continuous assessment can allow teachers to reward students who work hard,but who may be less able and not do well in more formal testing.
In conclusion,while continuous assessment may be fairer in some contexts, there are still times when traditional exams may be more appropriate.A possible compromise would be to use both forms of testing together,allowing teachers to reward both ability and hard work.
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Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 13.1623246493 190% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1404.0 1615.20841683 87% => OK
No of words: 268.0 315.596192385 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23880597015 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04607285448 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.37667188361 2.80592935109 120% => OK
Unique words: 149.0 176.041082164 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.555970149254 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 441.9 506.74238477 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 4.0 16.0721442886 25% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 67.0 20.2975951904 330% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 164.964200662 49.4020404114 334% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 351.0 106.682146367 329% => Less chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 67.0 20.7667163134 323% => Less words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 26.0 7.06120827912 368% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 15.0 5.01903807615 299% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.231158196323 0.244688304435 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.140077865659 0.084324248473 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0328655432601 0.0667982634062 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.140077865659 0.151304729494 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0328655432601 0.056905535591 58% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 36.8 13.0946893788 281% => Automated_readability_index is high.
flesch_reading_ease: 3.47 50.2224549098 7% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 15.9 7.44779559118 213% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 29.4 11.3001002004 260% => Flesch kincaid grade is high.
coleman_liau_index: 14.3 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.91 8.58950901804 127% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 78.4519038076 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 29.0 9.78957915832 296% => Linsear_write_formula is high.
gunning_fog: 28.8 10.1190380762 285% => Gunning_fog is high.
text_standard: 29.0 10.7795591182 269% => The average readability is very high. Good job!
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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