15.2. Assessment

1. to assess | to evaluate [transitive] (1) to make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it оценивать; давать оценку: The report assesses the impact of advertising on children. | The school has only been open for six months, so it's hard to evaluate its success.

(2) to find out how good a student is at a particular subject, for example by giving them written work, tests, or exams оценивать; давать оценку: The pupil was assessed in all these subjects. | This test / exam provides an excellent way of assessing / evaluating students' progress / ability in oral comprehension / this type of work. | Students' progress is assessed / evaluated jointly on their term marks and their exam results.

2. to measure [transitive] to judge the importance, value, or true nature of something оценивать, определять; измерять: Teachers have to measure students' / student / academic performance / achievement against specific objectives / standards. | The test measures children's achievements in reading, spelling and maths. | A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university. | Education shouldn't be measured purely by exam results.

3. to estimate [transitive] to try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc of something, without calculating it exactly, or to try to predict something оценивать; давать оценку: We'd like you to estimate their son's performance in the exam. | The state has estimated that 75000 Texas families are educating their children at home.

4. assessment | evaluation [uncountable; countable] (1) a process in which you make a judgment about a person or situation, or the judgment you make оценка: What's his assessment of the country's educational system? | Evaluation is standard practice for all training arranged through the school.

(2) a method used to find out how good a student is at a particular subject, for example by giving them written work, tests, or exams оценка: a reading assessment test | Assessment is by means of a written exam at the end of the course. | The tests are supposed to provide a basis for the assessment of children.

5. Assessment | evaluation collocations

to make / carry out / undertake an assessment / evaluation of sth: We need carry out / undertake a proper evaluation of the educational system. | All colleges and institutions of higher education are required to make / carry out some assessment of student performance and potential.

6. continuous assessment [uncountable] (esp. BrE) a way of judging a student by looking at the work they do during the year instead of or in addition to looking at their examination results текущая успеваемость, оценка текущей успеваемости: Most schools nowadays prefer to use continuous assessment, because it gives a fairer picture of how the student has done during the whole year. | Parents wanted entry to grammar schools to be determined by continuous assessment rather than by examination.

7. estimate [countable] a judgement about the value, size, speed, cost etc of something, without calculating it exactly, or a prediction of something оценка

to give / make an estimate of sth: We'd like you to give / make an estimate of the student's performance in the exam.

8. (school) report (BrE) | report card (AmE) a written statement by teachers about a child's work at school, which is sent to his or her parents табель успеваемости: Her school report described her as a very promising pupil. | The school must give you an annual report on your child's progress. | Dad promised me a new bike if I got a good report.

9. record book [countable] зачетная книжка; дневник