Many people believe that formal pen and paper examinations are not the best method of assessing education achievement Discuss this view and give your own opinion

Since time immemorial, across the globe students are assessed and promoted to the next classes based on their examination results. Generally, examinations are conducted in a variety of forms including written, oral, etc. While a significant majority are of the opinion that pen and paper is the best method to assess tutees, others are claiming that it is the not perfect way to test them. In my opinion, there are other alternatives to be considered apart from written assessments.

On one hand, the educational authorities are considering the prior one because of a couple of reasons. The first thing to be highlighted is that time management. To elaborate this, Children would be trained to answer as many as questions in a given time frame and this would help them to manage their time effectively, as a result, they would incorporate time management skills in their daily routine and be punctual. In addition to this, these forms of assessment would give them a chance to recollect what they have studied prior to the test. Thus, it would be a great opportunity to remember and organize their writings in the answer paper.

However, educational experts are claiming that there are other forms of examinations should be considered apart from the prior. The first and foremost point is related to Oral assessment. By using this exam mode, the pupil would not only able to reduce the fear of public speaking but also improve the fluency of talking along with communication skills. Therefore, this makes them be more employable in the future. It is also worth mentioning that other form of exam that is Online assessment. Due to technological advancements, nowadays, a significant proportion of educational establishments are considering this and this could be more effective in terms of cost and paper waste.

Another point to be added is examining practical knowledge, It is a perfect opportunity of testing their both theoretical and practical knowledge. Moreover, some of the students unable to write can perform excellently in these. There would improve not only cognitive development but also creates a sophisticated platform to broaden their horizons.

In summary, I think although paper and pen based has some advantages such as time management and organizing answers, the other methods including Oral and Online exams are comparatively advantageous.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
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Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 13.1623246493 205% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 24.0651302605 137% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1991.0 1615.20841683 123% => OK
No of words: 381.0 315.596192385 121% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22572178478 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41805628031 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99129932864 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530183727034 0.561755894193 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 642.6 506.74238477 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.7585487472 49.4020404114 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.789473684 106.682146367 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0526315789 20.7667163134 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.89473684211 7.06120827912 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.168220598224 0.244688304435 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0491375623222 0.084324248473 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0500774161772 0.0667982634062 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0932608154643 0.151304729494 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515567717432 0.056905535591 91% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.0946893788 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 50.2224549098 85% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.4159519038 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.06 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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