At the end of an academic year, a school administers a comprehensive examination to determine the extent to which students have achieved the prescribed learning outcomes and to assign final grades. This assessment is primarily:
A.Diagnostic assessment
B.Formative assessment
C.Summative assessment
D.Placement assessment
Correct Answer:
C. Summative assessment
Summative assessment evaluates achievement at the end of instruction.
A student examines two competing educational policies, establishes explicit standards, and decides which arguments satisfy those standards. Under the original taxonomy, the central cognitive operation is: