IN EDUCATION SYSTEM, ASSESSMENT THROUGH FORMAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION STILL VALID?

These days, there is a controversial debate between people about the impacts of formal assessment. There are a great number of people who interpret the impacts of formal assessment as thoroughly constructive, while others hold an opponent view. I am inclined to believe that formal assessment is beneficial and should be promoted.

There are several reasons why continual assignment is advantageous. First of all, It is argued that that continual assignments play pivotal role in creating adroit people. This is attributed to the fact that such assessments could relieve the stress of a student during an exam, therefore, they would create a feeling of accomplishment and competence, which consequently open avenues to new achievements so that student’s enthusiasm and determination will be amplified towards many daunting tasks. Take the math for example, even high intelligent pupils have to do uphill struggle to pass the exam, when they are puzzled.

In addition, it is claimed that formal examinations are not flexible enough to assess the other trait that possessed by a student such as leadership, interpersonal and social skills, and the ability to present a topic to the public . This is to say that these traits could be acquired through practical assignments such as presentations and projects, which would instill strong feeling of self-esteem in student so that they are more likely to perform up to expectations in society. Specifically, a research study conducted by Yale university in 2015 has found that regular assignments could enhance a person’s intellectual ability to make decisions related to social and personal life.

In conclusion, the foregoing discussion propounds the view that continual assignments enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of students’ evaluation and increases the pupil’s confidence. It is expected that institutions take cognizance of these facts and begin to adopt this way of assessment.

Votes
Average: 8.4 (1 vote)

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 232, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...ability to present a topic to the public . This is to say that these traits could ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, first, if, so, still, therefore, thus, while, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 7.30460921844 219% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1673.0 1615.20841683 104% => OK
No of words: 300.0 315.596192385 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.57666666667 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.16179145029 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.27339480047 2.80592935109 117% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.603333333333 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 509.4 506.74238477 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.384769539078 260% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => 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: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 77.2172260574 49.4020404114 156% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.416666667 106.682146367 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 20.7667163134 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.5833333333 7.06120827912 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.102063803845 0.244688304435 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.03868060205 0.084324248473 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0483995367311 0.0667982634062 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0603452326339 0.151304729494 40% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0552515562771 0.056905535591 97% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.4 13.0946893788 133% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 50.2224549098 75% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.3001002004 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.38 12.4159519038 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.88 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 78.4519038076 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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