Testing Students
...All students have the same amount of time and the same conditions; a one-hour, supervised exam will produce results that show what each student is capable of doing on his or her own in time frame of sixty minutes. This is fairer than take-home assignments because students may not spend different amounts of time in completing them, or get other people to do them. (C) There are several ways of judging students. Many people believe that examinations are the best way for making these judgments; however, there are also problems associated with the use of exams which demand that other methods of determining student performance be used as well. In this essay, reasons for and against using examinations to judge students will be discussed. (D) It can be seen that there are reasons for and against using examinations to judge students. Although there are so...