summative
/ˈsʌmətɪv/
adjective
- Serving to assess the overall learning or performance at the end of a period, rather than during it.
- The final exam is a summative assessment of everything you learned this semester.
- Summative tests measure what students have achieved by the end of a unit.
- Teachers use summative evaluations to assign grades at the end of the term.
- Relating to or involving addition or accumulation; cumulative.
- They calculated the summative total of all expenses for the year.
- The summative data showed a steady increase in sales over five years.
- The summative effect of all the small donations was a large total.
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