Many people believe that formal “pen and paper” examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement. Discuss this view and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
With an advanced technology, people in modern society are possible to come across many opportunities of taking a test on computer base not a pen and paper to demonstrate their improvements in educational field. A majority of people have reported that the paper base test is not effective anymore because it costs more to evaluate the test result and such a waste of time and resources like paper and pen. I personally believe that this opinion has an own justification and I will state the reason why this type of test is not useful anymore with specific examples.
To begin with, when applicants of the test prepare for the test, they need to use massive amount of pen and paper to practice the test and would want to make sure that not making any mistakes during the real test. If authorities count total number of this use, it would such an enormous number and would affect to environment in a negative way. Also, after the test, there will be a lot of effort and budget needed to collect and check every test material that applicants used. For example, there are many linguistic exams in South Korea and most of them are taken with the method of paper. The number of tests is weekly base and most of students are preparing for mock test at educational institution by using substantial number of pen and paper. To reduce the garbage problem and save the earth, educational expert suggests the prevalence of the test with computer module.
Moreover, it is certainly hard to evaluate the test by human being in a pair way because everyone is different and examiner also could have different point of view on the answer of individuals. To assess the examinations, there would be a majority of examiner needed and the facilities and organizations that held in the test also need to select who is eligible for the examiner. Even though, the test institutes choose the right people for the test, people would make mistakes on their decisions and it would affect to the test results badly. The mistakes that made by the examiner or people who in charge of the test is not only making trouble on the reputation of the test but also some applicant’s dream and goal. However, if the test operated by the computer then, this issue could be not occurred.
In conclusion, although the paper base examinations have a long history
and it is trustworthy, it can be harm on environment by using a lot of resources
and also a majority of examiner could make some errors on evaluating the test. Therefore,
the computer base should be considerate for the test applicants from now on.