1. relating to or being an evaluation that measures overall learning or achievement at the end of instruction
Usage: educational
2. serving to sum up or summarize; cumulative

Examples

• The final exam was a summative assessment covering the entire semester.
• Students received summative grades at the end of each unit.
• The teacher used both formative and summative evaluation methods.
• The summative report included data from all quarterly reviews.
• Summative assessments help measure student learning outcomes.
• The portfolio served as a summative evaluation of her progress.