A midterm exam, is an exam given near the middle of an academic
grading term, or near the middle of any given
quarter A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25.
Quarter or quarters may refer to:
Places
* Quarter (urban subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town
Placenames
* Quarter, South Lanarkshire, a settlement in Scotland
* Le Quartier, a settlement ...
or
semester. Midterm exams are a type of
formative assessment, to measure students' grasp of the course materials and identify areas that need work. Midterm exams may also be used for
summative assessment
Summative assessment, summative evaluation, or assessment of learning is the assessment of participants in an educational program. Summative assessments are designed to both assess the effectiveness of the program and the learning of the particip ...
to contribute to final grades.
See also
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Final examination
A final examination, annual, exam, final interview, or simply final, is a test given to students at the end of a course of study or training. Although the term can be used in the context of physical training, it most often occurs in the ac ...
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