summative assessment

/ (ˈsʌmətɪv) /

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noun

British education general assessment of a pupil's achievements over a range of subjects by means of a combined appraisal of formative assessments

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How to use summative assessment in a sentence

The assessment of the strikes comes in real-time video from the aircraft.
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I hardly spoke to every patron, but there may have been some validity to his assessment.
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I asked Christian publisher Crossway Books for their assessment of the manipulation of the best-seller lists.
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Time and again, the author confuses chattering class dissatisfaction with an honest assessment of accomplishment.
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If the losses exceed the premiums thus paid in advance, then an assessment is made on each member to cover the deficiency.
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Wherefore they had done generous assessment work and had recorded their claim and built their monuments to mark its boundaries.
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You owe the Eureka, as your share of the assessment, two dollars and forty cents.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
Approaching the assessment-roll, we may estimate the Astor estate at one thirtieth of the entire city.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
In spite of its origin, the “assessment” was the model for later taxation of property.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4|Various