Examinations for assessment

Nowadays, all colleges are using tests to assess students, but some of the colleges are using new styles of assessment by teacher assessment. We have both ways in some subject. Some students agree that examinations are an unfair way of assessment and should not be used at the HCT. In this essay, I will discuss whether or not exams should be used for assessment.
The assessment strategies used in courses at the HCT in the UAE are tests which will be over a specific period of time. For example, Math’s test will be at a period of one and half hour sometimes it will be easy and student finish the test before the time finish. Therefore, everyone will be happy, but it will not be like this all the time. Sometimes it will be difficult and there is not enough time. Second, students might not be in a good mood or he had a hard week or he was sick so he will get a low score on the test. The fact is that a test only measures performance on one day of the year and at one moment in time. Results indicate that assessment in class will be more accurate and teachers can assess the student by many ways how the students participate in class and his attendance also his performance. For example some students were careless at class and they have poor attendance but in the exam they got higher marks than the others. In addition, teachers tend to be satisfied with these assessment strategies, but suggest that alternative modes of assessment should also be considered. Students do not find such tests adequate for assessing their real performance in most courses. The exams used to improve student’s skill, because they will spend more time to study. Moreover, the exams let teachers to know what the student understand and do not understand of the course.
In conclusion, I think if we make 70% of the final result will be by class assessment by the teachers in class and 30% for tests it will be fair.

The number of U. S. farms and all farm workers

The chart illustrates the number of U. S. farms and all farm workers between1910 – 2000. We can see the trends are steadily declining.
Starting with farms in 1910 the number was 6.3 million and the farm workers were 13.5 million. Then, the number of farms slightly increased between the periods from 1910 to 1934, but farm workers slight decreased until it reached 12.5 million then increased from 1930 to 1935. After 1935 both number of farms and farm workers dramatically decreased until year 1975. Finally, from 1985 to 2000 they were same in trend, but different numbers farms number was 3 million and farm workers 2 million. Farms declined from around 2.2 million to 2.1 and farm workers declined around 3 million from 3.1 million.
In conclusion, in general both farms and farm worker numbers decreased from 1910 to 2000 and level off after 1980.

Changes in Milk Consumption in USA (1950 – 2000)

The graph compares annual consumption of low fat and whole milk in liters per person in the second half of the 20th century in USA. Overall, Americans drink much less milk now than at the start of the period.
The biggest change was the dramatic drop in total milk consumption. It fell from about 130 liters per person in 1950 to only around 90 liters five decades later. The second major was in the type of milk drunk. At the beginning, whole milk was more popular at 120 liters, but it fell sharply to about a quarter that by 2000. In contrast, the amount of low fat milk consumed shot up. It rose from roughly 10 liters in 1950 to five times that in 1980, when consumption was almost tied with whole milk.
In conclusion, the American diet with regard to dairy changes significantly over the time represented. Total consumption decreases but low-fat finally outranks whole milk.