Assessment is the process of gathering information to learn what participants know and are able to do, in order to determine their progress toward achievement of goals and objectives.

True

Explanation:

Assessment in another word, means evaluation, to evaluate someone or something based on a set or given instruction over a [period of time.

Time is included because most assessment comes after a certain criteria has been met and such criteria can only be met over a period of time.

Assessment is not only entitled to participants, we can also assessment a function or a machine, to satisfy it demands by which it was created and gather the information for improvement

So generally, i agree to the definition of assessment as stated above.