Definition of SUMMATIVE

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Recent Examples on the Web 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. 2017

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“Summative.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summative. Accessed 22 January 2020.