noun · academic
assessment
UK/əˈsesmənt/US/əˈsɛsmənt/a·SESS·ment
The process of evaluating or measuring the quality, value, or ability of something or someone.
Examples
“The school uses regular assessments to track students’ progress.”
“An environmental impact assessment is required for the project.”
“Assessment of the damage will take several days.”
Band 8 sentence
“Comprehensive assessment of student learning should combine both formative and summative methods.”
Collocations
- conduct an assessment
- formative assessment
- assessment criteria
Word family
Common mistakes
We will do an assessment tomorrow.→We will carry out / conduct an assessment tomorrow.
There are many assessment about students' skills.→There are many assessments of students' skills.
Say it for a higher band
5check→6evaluation→7+assessment
Synonyms
evaluation
appraisal
Easily confused
evaluation
“The program underwent a formal evaluation after several assessments were completed.”
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