noun · formal

assessment

UK/əˈsesmənt/US/əˈsɛsmənt/as·SESS·ment

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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

assess verbassessor nounassessable adjective

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 assessmentmany assessments

Say it for a higher band

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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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