People supporting the view that exams are a blessing might state that tests are designed to close the poverty gap between the low-income students and those from a wealthier family. In exams, every student gets an equal chance to do well and students from low-income families might be able to get scholarships for further education, which they might not have been able to attain given their financial situation.
However, we feel that exams in our education system are a curse as it widens the poverty gap instead of bridging it. It intensifies the disparity between the two groups. Children from wealthier families would have more finances to guide their learning while low-income families might even struggle to pay the school fees and would have little finances for things like tuition. Poverty rate is one of the variables that account for 89% of differences in test scores in a study of math results in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Hence in conclusion, tests are a curse as they are an unfair judgement of a students' progress and do not bridge the poverty, widening it instead.
However, we feel that exams in our education system are a curse as it widens the poverty gap instead of bridging it. It intensifies the disparity between the two groups. Children from wealthier families would have more finances to guide their learning while low-income families might even struggle to pay the school fees and would have little finances for things like tuition. Poverty rate is one of the variables that account for 89% of differences in test scores in a study of math results in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Hence in conclusion, tests are a curse as they are an unfair judgement of a students' progress and do not bridge the poverty, widening it instead.
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