Don 'T Ban The Exam' By Bronwyn Leigh Analysis

The article ‘don’t ban the exam’ is an opinion piece to attempt to convince readers that the year twelve exams are a good form of assessment for the end of the year. In an authoritative and a disapproving tone, Bronwyn Leigh addresses educators and others who are interested in educational matters in an opinion piece published in 2011 in a magazine called 'Learning Now.'
The author has lectured in educational studies at a number of universities for over 30 years and wrote the article with the contention to convince others that exams should stay a form of assessment for year twelves. The author's agenda is clearly articulated when she points out that exams have been a form of assessment for year twelves for many years and will most likely remain that way.

Leigh talks about how she has experienced and been through the stress doing year twelve exams to put force in her balanced argument where she states that she feels that other forms of assessment won't be able to adequately assess students alone and states that she believes that exams do “have their place” but does say there needs to be a balance between “exams and other forms of assessment” in year twelve. Her arguments are also enforced by an image accompanying it, it shows an exam room with straight rows and depicts what it is like to the readers who may not have previously seen what it may look like, this allows readers to be able to have a better understanding of what Leigh talks about in her article when she talks about what exam rooms look