preassess

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ assess

Verb

preassess (third-person singular simple present preassesses, present participle preassessing, simple past and past participle preassessed)

  1. To assess before acting.
    • 2007, Julia Link Roberts, Tracy Ford Inman, Strategies for Differentiating Instruction, →ISBN:
      One reason many educators are hesitant to preassess is because they feel they can't lose those few minutes of instruction time to preassessment.
    • 2009, Nancy P. Gallavan, Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades 6-12, →ISBN, page 56:
      You need to preassess everything you teach.
    • 2011, Shae Cooke, Single Parent's Guide to Love, Dating, and Relationships, →ISBN:
      Alcoholism, having a quick temper, coldness or distance, being into porn, or being stuck up or noncommittal. These are things we have to honestly preassess.
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