SINCE 1828
summative
adjective
sum·ma·tive
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ˈsə-mə-tiv ,
-ˌmā- \
-ˌmā- \
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Some educators have said a single letter grade oversimplifies the complexity of schools, but research shows nine out of 10 parents prefer a summative rating such as letter grades, according to Paige Kowalski of the nonprofit Data Quality Campaign. — Trisha Powell Crain, AL.com, "Grade for Alabama K-12 system to be released Thursday," 11 Jan. 2018 Those indicators will be weighted to create a summative rating for each school, district, and the state based on a 100-point scale. — Trisha Powell Crain, AL.com, "What is Alabama's plan under the new federal education law?," 11 Oct. 2017 Saturday Night Live is a place, in general, of sanitized centrism: edgy, but not too edgy; summative rather than argumentative. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "'Let Us Eat Cake': The Tina Fey Effect in 2017," 18 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'summative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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