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.
1. Careful study of a given subject, field, or problem, undertaken to discover facts or principles. 2. An act or period of such study: her researches of medieval parish records. v. reÂ·searched, reÂ·searchÂ·ing, reÂ·searchÂ·es. v.intr. To engage in or perform research. v.tr.