| Assessment | Function | Type of Assessment |
| Observations While Teaching | By watching students faces and other clues, I am able to evaluate my teaching method and make any necessary changes. | Typical Performance/ Formative/
Diagnostic |
| Walking Around the Room | With this informal assessment, I am quickly able to spot the students that need additional help on what I just taught. | Typical Performance/ Formative/
Diagnostic |
| Self Assessment | Sometimes I have students evaluate themselves. Students can gain understanding in the assessment process. This reflection shows me the students' confidence in what they have learned. (My constant self assessment helps me to modify and improve my teaching.) | Typical Performance |
| Worksheets or Other Daily Assignment | Another way for me to check on students' daily progress on skills and comprehension. Because I have collected and graded work for the entire class, I can make decisions on what I may need to reteach. | Typical Performance/
Complex Performance/ Formative |
| Projects with Rubric Evaluation | A project at the end of a unit, shows me how well students can apply what they have learned throughout the unit. The rubric breaks the grading in to components so students can easily see what is expected of them. | Complex-performance assessment |
| Tests | Another way to assess the end of a unit to see what the class has learned. | Formative/
Summative/ Fixed Choice/ Complex Performance |
| Writing Portfolios | Three writing assignments are collected and assessed using a basic three column rubric. The essays and rubrics are then put in the students' permanent records. Progress should be seen from year to year. | Complex-performance assessment |
| Work Portfolios | My school attempted to collect several worksheets/assignments during the year to add to a portfolio kept in the office. Student progress should be seen from year to year. A lack of school uniformity in the selection process makes the assessment less than useful. | Formative |
| Standardized Tests | In 4th grade I give the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, CogATs, and ISATs. These tests are to show those not directly involved in the classroom (school board, community, parents) how students have grown academically from year to year. | Maximum performance/
Norm referenced |