In most of the education systems, students are assessed by written examinations. Do you think it is a good idea or not? (Give your reasons.)

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In most of the education systems, students are assessed by written examinations. Do you think it is a good idea or not? (Give your reasons.)

In this day and age, there is an ongoing debate among people about the importance of assessment through written examinations compared with oral exams. While there are conclusively long-running disputes over the bright sides of continual assessment, I personally highly inclined to believe that traditional assignment is a more efficient method of evaluation. Providing solid academic evidence, I will weigh up its pros and cons before a rational conclusion can be drawn.

To begin with, critics argue that taking written exams are inextricably intertwined with stress, which means it might breed both cheating and health problems. For instance, according to a study undertaken at Harvard University, although struggling with writing can lead to a fair and precise outcome, the pressure of examination gives rise to health disorders. Those who are studying in a school under restricted time, are twice more likely to suffer from heart attacks in future life and feel depressed. Thus, there is tangible evidence why such an opinion has garnered support.

Furthermore, it should be mentioned that if teachers set an oral exam, students' outcome will depend on different factors such as atmosphere, and will not test the ability but the confidence of students. From my experience, the result of an experiment conducted by Melbourne University revealed that not only do educational institutes provide learners with equal opportunities, but they also check profound pupils as it may cover the scope of the subject adequately. Hence, scientific research strongly refutes the hypothesis that formal examinations show students of a higher caliber.

In a nutshell, despite several compelling arguments on both sides, my sentiment is that the privileges of written courses outweigh its flaws substantially. I think the local authorities should take immediate measure and make a more concerted effort to apply a more beneficial assessment style.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, hence, if, may, so, thus, while, for instance, i think, such as, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.5418719212 95% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 6.10837438424 147% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 8.36945812808 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 5.94088669951 135% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 20.9802955665 91% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 31.9359605911 122% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 5.75862068966 243% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1646.0 1207.87684729 136% => OK
No of words: 298.0 242.827586207 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.52348993289 5.00649968141 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 3.92707691288 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99234794261 2.71678728327 110% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 139.433497537 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.704697986577 0.580463131201 121% => OK
syllable_count: 521.1 379.143842365 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.57093596059 108% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.6157635468 130% => OK
Article: 2.0 1.56157635468 128% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.71428571429 117% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.931034482759 215% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 3.65517241379 164% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 12.6551724138 95% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.5024630542 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.7900832365 50.4703680194 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.166666667 104.977214359 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8333333333 20.9669160288 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.5 7.25397266985 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.33497536946 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 6.9802955665 129% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 2.75862068966 109% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 2.91625615764 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.094060383021 0.242375264174 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0283317480749 0.0925447433944 31% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0235457869493 0.071462118173 33% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0518244858768 0.151781067708 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0184694189545 0.0609392437508 30% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.0 12.6369458128 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 53.1260098522 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.54236453202 171% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 10.9458128079 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.03 11.5310837438 130% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.66 8.32886699507 128% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 55.0591133005 200% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.94827586207 116% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.3980295567 112% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.5123152709 114% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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