Many people argue that exams are the best way to assess people’s competence and that no better system has yet been found. Others say they are unfair, unhelpful and out of date. Do you think the benefits of exams outweigh the disadvantages?
The efficiency of exams has always been a topic of debate. Some people are of the opinion that traditional testing is the superior method in terms of assessing level of ability while others have suspicions about the effectiveness. From my point of view, I am inclined to believe that the demerits of conventional examination outweigh its merits.
It is a matter of fact that examination is the most common means of assessing students. Standardized tests evaluate one’s ability based on regulated criterion, therefore, teachers are able to give feedback on specific sections. Another advantage of examination is it creates a sense of being competitive. Learners are motivated to score higher as losing and scratching from the race have never been an ideal option.
On the contradictory side of the argument, traditional testing system appears to have insufficiency. It is worth mentioning that exams aim to test the acquisition of theoretical knowledge that are basically taken from textbooks. Students are using rote learning as a solution to oppose this method of assessing. Furthermore, regular examinations put a strain on students, forcing them to deal with knowledge that undoubtedly they have little understanding of. It should also be emphasized that alternative assessments nowadays have proved its credibility by evaluating learners on a more comprehensive scale. Moreover, it promotes creativity as well as enhancing students researching skills, hence, schools are applying this model to appraise outcomes.
To draw a fair conclusion, the usual exams impose and do harm to the attainment of knowledge. Optimal resolution such as alternative assessments provide a more realistic setting for student performance. Irrefutably, the drawbacks of exams certainly prevail over its benefits.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 344, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[3]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
... Learners are motivated to score higher as losing and scratching from the race hav...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, furthermore, hence, if, moreover, so, therefore, well, while, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 7.85571142285 13% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 10.4138276553 19% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1527.0 1615.20841683 95% => OK
No of words: 274.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.57299270073 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0685311056 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22850808043 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.64598540146 0.561755894193 115% => OK
syllable_count: 494.1 506.74238477 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.5048979327 49.4020404114 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.4375 106.682146367 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.125 20.7667163134 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.4375 7.06120827912 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
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: 0.126202394384 0.244688304435 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0381719693471 0.084324248473 45% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0362919422005 0.0667982634062 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0785041411443 0.151304729494 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0429639497942 0.056905535591 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.0946893788 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 50.2224549098 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.73 12.4159519038 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.36 8.58950901804 121% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 78.4519038076 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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