Look up: assessment

1. assessment
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-ses′ment Definitions: 1. Evaluation of the patient using selected skills of history-taking; physical examination, laboratory, imaging, and social evaluation, to achieve a specific goal. 2. Appraisal or analysis of conditions, disorders, data, or a patient's overall state.
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2. Assessment
   (1) Measuring the circumstances of an individual, family, group or community against one or more benchmarks in preparation for making a diagnosis or plan of action. (2) Inquiring into the financial resources of an individual or family to determine whether they should make a contribution towards a service.
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3. assessment
   [Noun] An evaluation or opinion.
   Example: What is your assessment of the situation?
   See also: assess. assets
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4. assessment
   [n] - an amount determined as payable 2. [n] - the market value set on assets
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5. Assessment
   In educational terms, a systematic and controlled process of determining what children know, understand and can do.
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6. Assessment
   Means collecting information in order to make decisions. Assessment should provide the information required to build and maintain a profile of the learner. This will enable teachers and trainers to establish and review both the learner`s requirements and the learning opportunities that can be provided for him or her. It will also provide feedback to the leaner on his or her progress.
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7. Assessment
   Measuring behaviour and performance and documenting it in such a way that highlights both strengths and areas for growth and development. Assessment might include coaching needs analyses, structured interviews, profiles and/or self-reports.
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8. Assessment
   An archaeological assessment is part of the planning process. When making a decision about whether to allow a planning application to go ahead, the County Archaeologist may decide to order an assessment to see if there are any archaeological remains in the area. This may be a desk-based assessment, ...
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9. Assessment
   Checking how well a process works or the progress made by a pupil.
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10. Assessment
    Assessment is, of course, a very broad term. In the context of medicine it is often used professionally to describe the measurement of a student's progress.
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11. Assessment
    A systematic and thorough evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses and problems of a person.
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12. assessment
    a) the process of estimating the value of property for purpose of taxation; b) (Commonwealth) an estimate of the actual tax thereon Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • total disaster assessment is the study of potential or real risks with evaluation of the needs, expected ...
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13. Assessment
    A tax levied on a property, or a value placed on the worth of a property.
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14. Assessment
    Here used specifically to imply the evaluation of a bridge`s structural capacity and performance, typically by one of a number of prescribed methods and possibly making use of proprietary software applications e.g. RING or ARCHIE.
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15. Assessment
    Before self assessment was introduced, the Inland Revenue calculated your tax and then issued an assessment showing any tax you owed. These types of assessments are now not normally issued. An assessment may be issued if you have omitted income from your Tax Return if the deadline for raising enquiries by the Inland Revenue has passed.
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16. Assessment
    An assessment is when someone discusses your health needs and/or your social needs with you in order to plan care and services to meet those needs, eg a social worker or health professional assessment.
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17. assessment
    Before self assessment was introduced, the Inland Revenue calculated your tax and then issued an assessment showing any tax you owed. These types of assessments are now not normally issued. An assessment may be issued if you have omitted income from your Tax Return if the deadline for raising enquiries by the Inland Revenue has passed.
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18. Assessment
    An appraisal or evaluation (e.g. assessment of the degree of success of a remediation procedure at a contamination site).
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19. Assessment
    As·sess'ment noun [ Late Latin 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 valuatio...
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20. assessment
    Appraisal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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21. assessment
    noun the market value set on assets
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22. assessment
    noun an amount determined as payable; `the assessment for repairs outraged the club`s membership`
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23. assessment
    noun the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; `they criticized my judgment of the contestants`
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24. Assessment
    • (n.) The specific sum levied or assessed. • (n.) 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. • (n.) A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; ...
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25. assessment
    (from the article `clinical psychology`) Clinical psychologists classify their basic activities under three main headings: assessment (including diagnosis), treatment, and research. In ...
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