'pen and paper' examinations Many people believe that formal 'pen and paper' examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement. What is your view of examination? Speaking about types of examinations nowadays i can not say that traditional exam with 'pen and paper' is something out of date. For me the choise of exam type depends on several factors. Many people think that this type of exam is not the best way of assessing student's knowledge. It really doesn't show the level of student's speaking skills when testing foreign language abilities for example. On the other hand written exam shows a clear picture of student's work and gives an evidence, a product for assessing. Whereas when it comes to an oral examination it is not that obvious what exactly is to be assessed. On the other hand, oral exam gives more freedom to a student. It also doesn't take as much time as writing an aswer. But oral type of exam is not suitable for such disciplines as Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry where a student must show the process of calculation, not only the result. If to speak about computer based exam it seems to be more objective then teacher's assessment which can be somehow influenced by personal attitude. However, such an exam is not available when we speak about art exams or creative projects. On my opinion, it's better to use complex type of exam which would combine oral and written parts. Anyway, choise of exam type should be done accrording to the subject being tested.