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.
(from Greek, by way of Latin, philosophia, âlove of wisdomâ) the critical examination of the grounds for fundamental beliefs and an analysis of the basic concepts employed in the expression of such beliefs.