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Definition of assessment

Assessment
Assessment As*sess"ment, n. [LL. assessamentum.] 1. The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club. 2. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property. Note: An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay. --Blackstone. Burrill. 3. The specific sum levied or assessed. 4. An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a ``call'). [U. S.]

Meaning of assessment from wikipedia

- assessment may refer to: educational assessment , the process of documenting knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs. health assessment , a
- educational assessment is the process of documenting , usually in measurable terms, knowledge , skill s, attitude s, and belief s.
- risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognized threat
- a test or examination is an assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge , skill , aptitude , physical fitness , or
- national curriculum assessments are a series of educational assessments, colloquially known as sats or sats (see terminology section used to
- a professional organization for assessors and source for innovation, education, and research in property appraisal, assessment
- primarily concerned with the construction and validation of measurement instruments such as questionnaire s, tests , and personality assessments.
- neuropsychological assessment was traditionally carried out to assess the extent of impairment to a particular skill and to attempt to
- 'from this perspective, evaluation 'is a contested term', as 'evaluators' use the term evaluation to describe an assessment, or
- psychological assessment is similar to psychological testing but usually involves a more comprehensive assessment of the individual.