informal assessment

collocation in English

meaningsofinformalandassessment

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informal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/
us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/
us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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(Definition ofinformalandassessmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The breakdown of the estimated costs of theinformalassessmentis £2,245 for staff time and £22 for fax and telephone charges.
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Relying on those figures given on the telephone, and being asked to give a roughinformalassessment, the district valuer gave that figure.
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Aninformalassessmentof the degree of selection bias can be made by examining correlations between exogenous (background) variables and a treatment indicator.
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Admission to the school is byinformalassessment, interview, and report from the child's previous school where appropriate.
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Admission is throughinformalassessment.
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Most speech and language therapists would use a combination of formal and informal assessments with a preschool child.
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Prison officers, like teachers and nurses, are always making assessments: sometimes they make informal assessments, and occasionally even formal assessments, of the prisoners in their charge.
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Formal and informal assessments are an important part of understanding and providing for a students needs.
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Informal assessments are generally through observation and the use of tools, like story boards, word sorts, interactive writing, and shared reading.
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Informal assessments rely on a clinician's knowledge and experience to evaluate an individual's abilities across areas of concern.
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