Assessments are meant to measure the rate of progress by classes or year groups during their entire period at primary school.

To prevent incidents of excessive radiation exposure, the flight deck had a radiometer and an instrument to measure the rate of decrease of radiation.

In particular, many laptop computers can measure the rate of battery use (when not connected to mains power).

The leaky bucket algorithm as a meter can also be used in a leaky bucket counter to measure the rate of random or stochastic processes.

Percolation tests measure the rate at which clean water disperses through a disposal trench into the soil.