Are exams in schools and colleges really necessary?

I agree with beth.. Exams only want us to memorize the whole textbook and it doesnt matter to them if we have really understood the topics or not

It doesn’t only depend on 2-3 hours in an examination hall… there’s a little thing called coursework which counts for about half of the grade.

Employers need official proof of what your education is like, to see if they want to employ you… so yes it is neccessary.

It seems that all of the adults in the world survived exams… so why shouldn’t we.

You need to take an SAT or an ACT for many and most colleges. (lots of people say the ACT is a more accurate reading of intelligence and easier than the SAT and some people take both) Good legit colleges also require you to have a certain amount of state tests passed but, each state gives out different state exams so I couldn’t really tell you which ones you would need.

Exams are a test of your knowledge on how well you know the material and they are probably never going to go away so its best to get used to them and try learning some better test taking skills.

Oh and once you get to college the exams keep coming longer and more difficult, so get used to it.

youcancallmejess- don’t know how coursework goes were your from but her it isnt about half. it varies from subject to subject, also some subjects don’t have any coursework.

And still people can cheat in coursework, is that a good thing to use to determine intelgience either?

The graduated assement seems quite a good idea. it like courswork but done in exam type rules with invigilators watching to make sure you don’t just copy and past form web sites and text books ect.

I totally agree. I think that exams are much more to do with how much you can actually remember that how much you know. It’s a test of rembering NOT inteligence in my opinion.

Success should be graduated and monitored through out the course. In the UK graduated assesment is coming in but this is replacing coursework not exams ( some ages and subjects)

Well its not up to them to care whether you understood or not, thats your responsibility.