Assessment

Synonyms

• Appraisal
• Evaluation

Scope note

Appraising or judging persons, organizations or things in relation to stated objectives, standards or criteria. The sum of methods and processes used to evaluate the attainments (knowledge, know-how, skills and competences) of an individual, and typically leading to certification.

Narrower concepts

Vocational assessment

Related concepts

• Audience rating
• Assessment of disability^#
• Assessor^#
• Competency based assessment^@
• Decision making
• Employability^#
• Environmental impact assessment
• Measurement
• Occupational qualification^#
• Performance appraisal
• Recruitment^#
• Skill analysis^#
• Technology assessment
• Testing
• Vocational rehabilitation plan^#

Note:

Details of the unlinked "Related Concepts" marked with # can be online access via "VOCED thesaurus”. Adelaide: NCVER, 2006. Retrieved 08 Aug 2017 from http://www.voced.edu.au/content/ngv%3A45775 ;

Marked with @ can be online access via "Subjects and keywords | VOCEDplus (2017). Retrieved 08 Aug 2017 from http://www.voced.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/subjects_and_keywords.pdf

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