noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a comprehensive study/survey/assessment
▪ The report includes a comprehensive study of the company’s training needs.
carry out an assessment
▪ The company is carrying out an assessment of staff training needs.
carry out an assessment
▪ The company is carrying out an assessment of staff training needs.
objective assessment/measurement/description etc
▪ It’s hard to give an objective opinion about your own children.
risk assessment (=a calculation of how much risk is involved in something)
▪ Engineering risk assessment is based on objective scientific criteria.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
▪ Well, she shouldn't be surprised, because it was quite an accurate assessment.
▪ A more accurate assessment can be gained by calculating your body mass index or your percentage of body fat.
▪ Assessment of the problem Effective intervention and treatment is based on an accurate assessment of the presenting problem.
▪ The more feedback they can obtain from varied sources, the more accurate their assessment will be.
▪ There are still no accurate assessments of damage available.
▪ Yet this is hardly an accurate assessment.
▪ But the committed membership are not those best able to give an accurate assessment.
▪ It is infinitely more difficult to make an accurate assessment of the immediate past and of the present.
additional
▪ The additional assessment is a sensible and welcome attempt to differentiate students' performance by assessing higher-order skills.
▪ Each handbook also includes a number of additional assessments.
▪ We have found it particularly important to develop candidate materials to explain the additional assessment in language suitable for our trainees.
▪ The timetabling implications of the additional assessment, and of cross-module assessments generally were discussed.
▪ The seminar also examined ways of developing centre-designed additional assessments.
▪ For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group.
▪ Another area of concern was the additional assessment.
▪ The additional assessment is clearly a lot of work for students.
comprehensive
▪ These will form the basis of a comprehensive family assessment procedure for use in research and practice.
▪ Your starting point will be a comprehensive assessment of the area's technical training needs.
▪ Hughes looks at comprehensive assessment of elderly people and their carers.
▪ Referrals Offering the right kind of help where it is needed requires a comprehensive assessment scheme.
▪ Only then will it be possible to reach a comprehensive assessment of Nizan's life and work.
▪ Carry out those activities involved when conducting the comprehensive assessment of a person's nursing requirements.
▪ The planning of each patient's care is dependent upon a comprehensive and accurate assessment.
continuous
▪ B.Eds were about equally divided between continuous assessment and examinations, with some project work.
▪ Student performance will be judged on the basis of degree examination results, thesis and continuous assessment, following current University regulations.
▪ Against this, they will be making continuous assessments of the scale of current bank lending.
▪ On none of these courses was there any examination: continuous assessment was preferred.
▪ Many of our courses include a project in the continuous assessment element.
▪ The intrinsic discipline of the subject is conveyed through the course-work and teaching approach, while being monitored through continuous assessment.
▪ People only accumulate competencies by continuous assessment of skills they do in their day to day job.
▪ Student progress is monitored by means of continuous assessment on a range of practical exercises.
environmental
▪ I want to consider whether the way in which environmental impact assessments are drawn up at the moment is satisfactory.
▪ Before the decommissioning and construction of a maintenance facility can occur, however, the Navy must complete an environmental assessment report.
▪ The hon. Gentleman also mentioned the environmental impact assessment.
▪ We produced a whole environmental assessment, not just what I think, but what several other coral researchers thought.
▪ They are supported by a very detailed environmental assessment.
▪ People need to be satisfied that the environmental assessments for King's Cross and the high-speed link are accurate.
▪ This paves the way for the start of environmental assessment, but construction is not envisaged for some years.
formal
▪ The need for formal assessment has already been conceded by teachers.
▪ But when parenting is shared the lines of responsibility are blurred and formal assessments can lead to resentment.
▪ In John's case the stated reason for referral for formal assessment was his behaviour in school.
▪ Design - Comparison of team diagnosis with independent formal assessment and consensus diagnosis by research psychiatrists.
full
▪ Those enrolled for complete areas of study will be required to undertake the full assessment schedule for those areas of study.
▪ Primary encopresis A full assessment of the reasons why the child has never achieved continence is required.
▪ Road building proposals for sensitive areas such as Oxleas Wood and Twyford Down must be subject to full environmental assessment.
▪ These figures on their own do not really provide a full assessment of the effectiveness of planning.
▪ This led to sharp antagonism towards the full launch of assessment at 7 in 1991.
▪ It is too early to make a full assessment of the impact of such privatization on industrial efficiency.
▪ After a full assessment, priorities of care can be determined from both the nurse's and the patient's perspective.
▪ Children need full assessment and follow up care to aid recovery.
initial
▪ If he was capable of such mercurial mood shifts, maybe my initial assessment of his innocence had been way off-beam.
▪ They would carry out an initial assessment, based on an evaluation of your lifestyle, age, level of anxiety and so on.
▪ The data presented were drawn from detailed clinical interview of new patients at the point of initial assessment.
▪ Increasingly the role of initial assessment will take on a new importance and will focus on centres' guidance structures and procedures.
▪ Recognise the significance of observations made of a patient and use these to develop an initial nursing assessment.
▪ During the initial assessment interview clients were rated by the interviewer on a number of four-point scales.
▪ Subsequent treatment After the initial period of assessment and support it should be possible to formulate a treatment plan.
▪ Judgement is particularly important in the initial assessment of risks and deciding on their tolerability.
national
▪ The resultant local variation in working arrangements has greatly complicated national assessment.
▪ And the more vocational classes students take, the worse they perform on national assessments of achievement.
▪ The national assessment is not competitive; each school is assessed according to its own circumstances and locality.
▪ Can prizes be awarded without compromising the very foundation on which National Certificate assessment is built?
▪ For primary class teachers, the National Curriculum and assessment provide the overwhelming preoccupation.
▪ A programme of national assessment began in May 1978 and concerned itself with the standard achieved by 11 year olds.
▪ As the scheme of national assessment develops, the less crucial will earlier stages seem to become.
▪ The national assessment system will serve several purposes.
objective
▪ It also hampers any objective assessment of the value of treatment in these patients.
▪ The implication is that further scientific research will eliminate residual uncertainties, allowing for a more objective assessment of harm.
▪ It uses all sorts of quantitative and qualitative data, and allows all types of subjective and objective assessments.
▪ Seeking a second opinion is strongly advised to obtain an objective assessment.
▪ Listing, in theory, is an objective assessment of architectural or historical importance which does not necessarily prevent demolition.
▪ This has meant that many studies tend to concentrate on the objective assessment of a fiscally quantifiable reality.
spending
▪ Northumbria has received a generous increase in standard spending assessment of 17.3 percent.
▪ That is exactly what the standard spending assessment system has been designed to do.
▪ Yet the Government's spending assessment requires savings of £4m that will cost 140 teachers' jobs.
▪ The standard spending assessment for all services in Derbyshire was set at 17 percent. over the 1990-91 figure.
▪ Moreover, the Government's original standard spending assessment may or may not be realistic.
▪ According to its standard spending assessment, Manchester needs 69 percent. more money to provide the same level of service.
▪ The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans.
standard
▪ Northumbria has received a generous increase in standard spending assessment of 17.3 percent.
▪ That is exactly what the standard spending assessment system has been designed to do.
▪ The standard spending assessment for all services in Derbyshire was set at 17 percent. over the 1990-91 figure.
▪ Moreover, the Government's original standard spending assessment may or may not be realistic.
▪ According to its standard spending assessment, Manchester needs 69 percent. more money to provide the same level of service.
▪ The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans.
▪ My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary and I received representations from local authorities about their standard spending assessments.
■ NOUN
impact
▪ I want to consider whether the way in which environmental impact assessments are drawn up at the moment is satisfactory.
▪ The hon. Gentleman also mentioned the environmental impact assessment.
▪ Why did the right hon. Gentleman not decide to have a higher grade environmental impact assessment?
▪ Enviroscope specialises in scoping environmental impact assessments and environmental audits and assisting companies with environmental communications and policy.
▪ As a consultant specialising in environmental impact assessments and environmental audits I feel that this criticism is rather unfair.
▪ Nearly half its projects had a full or partial environmental impact assessment carried out prior to funding.
procedure
▪ They are boycotting new assessment procedures, claiming social welfare officers were not being recognised for increased workloads.
▪ The assessment procedures consisted of bimonthly interviews of the patients and a friend or relative with whom the patient was living.
▪ The new authority will be flexible and use local visits as part of its assessment procedure.
▪ Will this be another undue pressure put on the assessment procedures?
▪ The study will also evaluate the assessment procedures in use and examine their impact on children and on the school more generally.
▪ This age-related assessment is thus intended to complement the usual assessment procedures of a school.
▪ Does it adequately outline assessment procedures which will identify the needs of the deaf child?
process
▪ Through this, an agreement has been reached on the role of General Practitioners and other medical practitioners in the assessment process.
▪ Involving users directly in the needs assessment process, thus ensuring them a voice in assistance provided to them. 3.
▪ Developing and testing the standards, including assessment processes.
▪ Specially developed computer based material can also be used as part of the assessment process.
▪ The picture of pupil participation in the assessment process was less obvious in the other two art departments visited.
▪ Interpersonal skills are crucial since it is largely through the medium of interpersonal communication that the assessment process is conducted.
▪ The role of the learner and peers in the assessment process should also be considered.
▪ Finally, the formulation stage involves using the results of the assessment process to identify objectives, plans, and strategies.
risk
▪ Some people think there is a danger of making the wrong risk assessment.
▪ Hronek also performs site-specific safety and risk assessment consultations for government and organizations.
▪ There are three levels of problems: mortgage origination underwriting, mortgage insurance underwriting, and delinquency risk assessment.
▪ Let us now consider some of the economic and political factors generally incorporated into country risk assessment models applicable to non-OECD countries.
▪ So the safe levels that are set at the moment are still based on the risk assessments of cancer?
▪ Authorised conditions of disposal can be recorded together with any associated risk assessments.
▪ By its very nature, political risk assessment must be subjective, i.e. not based on numerical data.
■ VERB
based
▪ Assessment of the problem Effective intervention and treatment is based on an accurate assessment of the presenting problem.
▪ Eligibility is determined by a means test administered by the solicitor and based upon assessment of disposable income and capital.
▪ These estimates were based on a four-stage assessment of the effects of creating free movement.
▪ So the safe levels that are set at the moment are still based on the risk assessments of cancer?
▪ Funding will be based on an assessment of individual departments.
▪ It is linked to an appraisal system usually based upon a banded assessment of performance.
▪ It is based on different assessments, different views.
▪ Knowing which kind of support to offer requires the practitioner to use deep empathy based on affirmative assessment.
carry
▪ The failure to carry out assessments and to inform and involve parents has already been covered here.
▪ Therefore it is proposed to carry out an assessment of your child's needs under the Education Act 1981 with your agreement.
▪ There are also considerable differences between the sexes in typical speech styles, which carry implications for assessment.
▪ They would carry out an initial assessment, based on an evaluation of your lifestyle, age, level of anxiety and so on.
▪ Marks and grade Each module credit carries an assessment weighting of 100 marks.
▪ All colleges and institutions of higher education are required to carry out some assessment of student performance and potential.
▪ In future they should carry out assessments and reassessments only.
▪ He is involved with carrying out community care assessments.
include
▪ Basic testing will include an assessment of distance vision.
▪ Employers' duties under the Regulations include assessment of suitable equipment, maintenance information, instruction and training.
▪ The course also includes assessment of practical work and investigation.
▪ It should include assessment and provide feedback on progress with glycosylated haemoglobin levels.
▪ At Ernst &038; Young, the performance review system includes assessments of knowledge capturing, archiving, sharing and use.
▪ The section on animal welfare includes its assessment, philosophy and legislation.
involve
▪ Hence the ubiquity of testing, and evaluation schemes which involve the assessment of teacher or student performances.
▪ Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility.
▪ They are practical and very work specific and involve on-the-job assessments and a portfolio of work examples.
▪ Psychiatrists should continue to be involved in the assessment and management of these patients alongside other professionals.
▪ The regulation of insider dealing necessarily involves a complex assessment of the available regulatory options.
▪ The area of involving parents in assessment of the development and progress of their young children is a growing one.
▪ It would hear appeals involving assessments, chaired by a lawyer, and decisions would be legally binding.
▪ Coursework may be carried out individually or in groups; the latter may involve peer assessment.
make
▪ Once you are certain of your entitlements you can make a proper assessment of your financial situation.
▪ A literature search has to be made by the learner, who then makes an assessment of the particular problem.
▪ Competency in making valid assessments takes time and training.
▪ Against this, they will be making continuous assessments of the scale of current bank lending.
▪ They were told in May to avoid making errors in assessments, and to stop peasants concealing the extent of their property.
▪ They learn not to take things on trust, but to make sure they fully comprehend in order to make their own assessments.
▪ Having made this assessment, the marketer should be aware of the potential problems which exist in communication within different cultures.
need
▪ As David Browning points out, practitioners from health and social services will need to coordinate their assessment activities.
▪ The chief problem is needs assessment and challenges by clients or their advocates over unmet need.
▪ Children need full assessment and follow up care to aid recovery.
▪ Criminal fraud is notoriously difficult to establish and the evidence required to do so needs careful and skilled assessment.
▪ Referrals Offering the right kind of help where it is needed requires a comprehensive assessment scheme.
▪ A high percentage of clients and patients will need complex interdisciplinary assessments.
▪ The professional framework will be in place - systems have been designed to support the all important task of needs assessments.
provide
▪ These figures on their own do not really provide a full assessment of the effectiveness of planning.
▪ Setting intermediate goals and providing an assessment of them is another way that feedback can help the student adjust her learning.
▪ To provide a specialist assessment and treatment service. 6.
▪ When one gives the learner feedback on her ability these skills provide a framework for assessment.
▪ A good service may cost more in terms of staffing, but would contribute to a reduction in medical-bed occupancy by providing early assessment.
▪ In the second question you must provide assessment and argument for yourself; there is a lower information content.
▪ Initially he provided an assessment and counselling service for the families of people with eating disorders.
require
▪ On some other questions about politics, description requires assessments that raise complicated issues about power, interests, and values.
▪ Nevertheless it requires separate assessment, not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch.
▪ At the same time, the report urges state lawmakers to require clearer performance and assessment plans from all charter schools.
▪ Referrals Offering the right kind of help where it is needed requires a comprehensive assessment scheme.
▪ Part of the analysis required a detailed assessment of public safety.
▪ In essence, this requires assessment of whether the extra benefits exceed the higher costs.
▪ Increasing evidence for major changes in the environment during the Vendian and Cambrian also require further assessment.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
continuous assessment
▪ Against this, they will be making continuous assessments of the scale of current bank lending.
▪ B.Eds were about equally divided between continuous assessment and examinations, with some project work.
▪ Many of our courses include a project in the continuous assessment element.
▪ On none of these courses was there any examination: continuous assessment was preferred.
▪ People only accumulate competencies by continuous assessment of skills they do in their day to day job.
▪ Student performance will be judged on the basis of degree examination results, thesis and continuous assessment, following current University regulations.
▪ Student progress is monitored by means of continuous assessment on a range of practical exercises.
▪ The intrinsic discipline of the subject is conveyed through the course-work and teaching approach, while being monitored through continuous assessment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Assessment is by means of a written exam at the end of the course.
▪ Most schools nowadays prefer to use continuous assessment, because it gives a fairer picture of how the student has done during the whole year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another area of concern was the additional assessment.
▪ Ask each for an assessment of your insurance needs and a plan to cover those needs.
▪ During the assessment Ann was interviewed.
▪ It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff.
▪ Its advantage is that it allows a far deeper and richer assessment to be made than the pen and paper exercise.
▪ The Commissioner of Inland Revenue made and confirmed assessments on the taxpayer for those years in respect of the profits from sub-licensing the films.
▪ Yet there are arguable benefits from practising selective assessment.