Assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002242",
  "term": "Assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The evaluation process used to measure the performance or effectiveness of a system and its elements.\n\n2. An estimate or determination of the significance, importance, or value of something.\n\n3. The evaluation process used to measure the performance or effectiveness of a system and its elements. As used here, assessment is an all-inclusive term used to denote any of the following: audit, performance evaluation, management systems review, peer review, inspection, or surveillance.\n\n4. A determination or appraisal of possible consequences resulting from an analysis of data.\n\n5. Evaluation and interpretation of scientific results for the purpose of assisting policy development and establishing management plans for aquatic resources. This often includes the description of the fraction of the target population that meets or exceeds a quality criteria, characterization of the aquatic resource conditions and description of the association between indicators of resource conditions and environmental stressors.\n\n6. Interpretation and evaluation of EMAP results for the purpose of answering policy-relevant questions about ecological resources, including (1) determination of the fraction of the population that meets a socially defined value and (2) association among indicators of ecological condition and stressors.\n\n7. Systematic and documented process for obtaining and evaluating evidence of compliance to legal and other requirements.\n\n8. Evaluation process used to measure the performance or effectiveness of a system and its elements. As used here, assessment is an all-inclusive term used to denote any of the following: audit, performance evaluation, management systems review, peer review, inspection, or surveillance.\n\n9. The evaluation process used to measure the performance or effectiveness of a system and its elements. As used here, assessment is an all-inclusive term used to denote any of the following: audit, performance evaluation, management review, peer review, inspection, surveillance, or readiness review (including competency assessment, pre-award assessment of proposals, or technical assessment), peer consultation, product review (e.g., data inspection, software testing, pre-dissemination review, or review of contractor deliverables).",
  "synonyms": [
    "Resource assessment"
  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "see_also": [
    "site assessment",
    "Integrated Assessment"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans",
    "Environmental Management System Glossary",
    "Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Data Review Glossary; Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Quality Glossary",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "Aquatic Resource Monitoring - Terminology",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary; EMAP Master Glossary",
    "Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System Terms and Definitions",
    "EPA Quality Manual 5360",
    "EPA Quality Procedure Glossary; Environmental Information Quality Procedure Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/assessment/"
}