noun · formal
assessment
UK/əˈsesmənt/US/əˈsɛsmənt/as·SESS·ment
the process of testing or measuring a learner's abilities, performance, or knowledge.
Examples
“Formative assessment helps teachers see how students progress during a course.”
“Final exams are just one form of assessment.”
“Continuous assessment reduces pressure from a single high-stakes test.”
Band 8 sentence
“Effective assessment should combine formative feedback with summative measures so that students receive guidance while their final achievement is still fairly judged.”
Collocations
- formative assessment
- summative assessment
- continuous assessment
Word family
Common mistakes
Assessment means 'phê bình' so students are afraid.→Assessment means 'đánh giá' (kiểm tra năng lực hoặc tiến trình học).
I evaluations my students every month.→I evaluate/assess my students every month.
many assessment→many assessments
Say it for a higher band
5test→6evaluation→7+assessment
Synonyms
evaluation
test
Easily confused
evaluation
“An external evaluation of the school assessed its overall performance.”
test
“We had a grammar test yesterday.”
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