evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation is a process used by governments, international organizations and NGOs to assess ongoing or past activities Assessment is the process of gathering and analyzing specific information as part of an evaluation Competency evaluation is a means for teachers to determine the ability of their students in other ways besides the standardized test Performance evaluation is a term from the field of language testing. It stands in contrast to competence evaluation Program evaluation is essentially a set of philosophies and techniques to determine if a program 'works'