Assessment The evaluation of personality variables, achievement, skill, or ability. Assessment is used to accomplish different objectives: to learn more about the individual being tested; to rank individuals; for student placement; to identify specific...

See also miscue analysis, portfolios, primary language record (The), reading, record keeping, SATs, speaking and listening, writing Rather than viewing assessment as something that always takes place at the end of episodes of work, it is helpful to see...

See also assessment, reading, record keeping, speaking and listening, writing This report was an outcome of the work of a group appointed to consider how the National Curriculum programmes should be assessed. Their recommendation that attainment in...

See also assessment, portfolios, reading, reading diaries, sampling, speaking and listening and writing It is generally acknowledged that children’s progress in English needs to be carefully monitored. In the CLPE Reading Book Barrs and Thomas...

The process of placing a value upon, deciding the degree of excellence of, adjudging standard(s) of, or deciding the correctness of an artefact, piece of academic work, performance, or procedure. The process is largely subjective although the degree of...

Process of setting a value on real or personal property, usually for the purpose of taxation. It is carried out either by central government agencies or by local officials. Property may be assessed on the basis of its annual rental value, as in...

A range of methods for evaluating student performance and...

Assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. This article covers educational assessment including the work of institutional researchers, but the term applies to other fields as well...