Students have to appear for too many exams these days. Actually periodic written and oral assessments have become an integral aspect of even primary education. In my opinion, exams are both good and bad. The merits and demerits of conducting a large number of exams at school will be discussed in this essay.
The main advantage of conducting more examinations is that teachers can assess the subject knowledge and understanding of students in a more structured way. Exams, after all, are a time tested way of assessing a student’s intelligence and commitment to learning. What’s more, exams and grades act as a benchmark and facilitate the process of selection for higher studies. For example, students scoring above 85 percent in all modules in their final board exams alone can secure admission in top science colleges.
Another benefit of conducting multiple tests is that it helps children to cope with the pressures of the real life. It is no secret that students who appear for periodic assessments are better at handling stressful situations. This quality will stand them in good stead when they enter the real world outside school.
On the other hand, too many exams are more likely to increase the stress level of children and take a toll on their health. Comparison with fellow students and parental pressure to excel in each exam can further deteriorate children’s mental stability. For instance, some pupils are weak in certain subjects and they may consistently score low marks in those subjects. Their inability to improve their grades may hurt their confidence and cause further deterioration of their grades. In worst case scenarios exam pressure can trigger depression in academically poor students.
To sum it up, conducting too many exams can definitely help examiners to assess children’s potential. It can also help children to brace themselves for the competition ahead. However, at the same time, the constant pressure of repetitive evaluations can be detrimental for some students, especially those who are weak in academics. It is important that parents and teachers work with them closely and provide them counseling if they need it.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 490, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'In the worst'.
Suggestion: In the worst
... further deterioration of their grades. In worst case scenarios exam pressure can trigge...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, so, after all, for example, for instance, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 24.0651302605 108% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1583.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 297.0 315.596192385 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.32996632997 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15134772569 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95709934036 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.612794612795 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 489.6 506.74238477 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 21.8503432467 49.4020404114 44% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 98.9375 106.682146367 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5625 20.7667163134 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.1875 7.06120827912 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
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: 0.1587344462 0.244688304435 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0556668465206 0.084324248473 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0433352797768 0.0667982634062 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0992626267132 0.151304729494 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0140011448527 0.056905535591 25% => 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: 13.0 13.0946893788 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 50.2224549098 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.05 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => 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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