The fourth purpose is to determine whether a KLA/topic outcome has been achieved. In an educational sense this is the main purpose of assessment, as the ultimate goal of education is to encourage and facilitate learning.
study skills noun Education (originally US) methods and techniques that aid effective learning, especially viewed as a set of skills that can be acquired or taught; the ability to study effectively.
5. test the water to make an exploratory or initial approach; sound out. n. 6. a method, practice, or examination designed to test a person or thing. 7. (Education) a series of questions or problems designed to test a specific skill or knowledge: an intelligence test.nd walloped meâand worse; She said I did not want a wife, I ought to have had a nurse. put through oneâs paces To require another to display the full range of his abilities; to test anotherâs resources to the utmost. Paces here refers to the training steps or gaits of horses.