Nowadays, many countries tend to use an alternative way to assess the students’ ability instead of traditional exam systems. More attention has been paid to the controversial issue as to whether students could benefit from canceling exams. It is considered by some experts that this measure could decrease students’ pressure. However, I disagree with this trend for two reasons.
Firstly, exam systems could help teachers to make a fair and all-rounded judgment. On the one hand, exam conditions are often strict so that students under exam conditions could hardly copy others’ answers. Compared with alternative ways of assessments, such as essay and course design, it is hard to distinguish whether some ideas are from the students themselves or copy from someone else. On the other hand, teachers can easily make an exam cover the whole book and check if the students have learned all the knowledge from the book. However, essay and course design usually only use part of the book.
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