assessment

Definition of assessment

What does assessment mean?

noun

the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
- synonym: appraisal
- more generic: categorisation / categorization / classification / sorting = the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
- more specific:
  - critical appraisal / critical analysis = an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
  - evaluation / valuation / rating = an appraisal of the value of something
  - assay / check = an appraisal of the state of affairs
  - acid test = a rigorous or crucial appraisal
  - reassessment / reappraisal / revaluation / review = a new appraisal or evaluation
  - underevaluation = an appraisal that underestimates the value of something
an amount determined as payable
- more generic: charge = financial liabilities
the market value set on assets
- more generic: cost / monetary value / price = the property of having material worth
- more specific: tax assessment = the value set on taxable property
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- synonyms: judgement / judgment
- more generic: act / deed / human action / human activity = something that people do or cause to happen
- more specific:
  - justice = judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
  - adjudication = the final judgment in a legal proceeding
  - disapproval = the act of disapproving or condemning
  - evaluation / rating = act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
  - estimation / estimate = a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
  - logistic assessment = a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation
  - value judgement / value judgment = an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed

Alternative definition

noun

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
An appraisal or evaluation.

Film

"Assessment" is a 2010 short film written and directed by Mark Gutteridge.

country: United Kingdom
language: English Language
released in 2010

Writings

"Assessment" is a book by Houghton Co..
- also known as "Assessment (Across the Centuries)"
"Assessment" is a book by Mary Ann Hogan.
- also known as "Assessment: Reviews and Rationales"

Music

"Assessment" is a musical single of The Beta Band.

released on April 12th, 2004 (9 years ago)

Miscellanea

Assessment a.k.a. Educational assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learning community, the institution, or the educational system as a whole. According to the Academic Exchange Quarterly: "Studies of a theoretical or empirical nature addressing the assessment of learner aptitude and preparation, motivation and learning styles, learning outcomes in achievement and satisfaction in different educational contexts are all welcome, as are studies addressing issues of measurable standards and benchmarks".
Assessment is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of psychology, especially applied clinical assessment. The editor-in-chief is R. Michael Bagby.

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions about assessment

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Encyclopedia of Public Health. 2 Vol.

assessment is a process of identifying food borne hazards, assessing risks, gauging severity and potential health effects.

Understanding Environmental Pollution (2010)

by Marquita K. Hill

▫ Chemical risk assessment is a process that systematically examines ...

Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment (2008)

by Edward L. Melnick, Brian S. Everitt

Assessment. General Considerations Quantitative health risk assessment is a tool for making predictions about the impact of substances in the environment on health. Despite the use ...

Psychiatric Nursing (2005)

Contemporary Practice by Mary Ann Boyd

Assessment As A Process Assessment is the collection and interpretation of biopsychosocial information to determine health, functional status, and human responses to mental health problems. These responses may be biologic, psychological ...

Encyclopedia of Primary Education (2009)

by Denis Hayes

ASSESSMENT TYPES children and learning are too complex to accommodate within a simple plan-teach-assess framework...

Inside the Black Box: Raising standards through classroom assessment, ...

Dictionary of Pharmacovigilance (2004)

by Amer Alghabban

Causality assessment procedures • Absence of alternative causes (lack of confounding factors, lack of obvious alternative explanations, concomitant medication being unlikely to have played a role). The expression 'reasonable causal ...