A collection of the best pieces of a student’s work to celebrate and reinforce learning accomplishments.

Storage of a sample of a student’s work to assess progress.

Storage of a sample of a student’s work on a temporary basis for later assessment.

A performance structured in advance by the teacher but executed by a student.

Alternative learning resources or strategies used after a formative assessment if learning mastery has not been achieved.

The documentation of a family and its interaction with people, locations, and events using a loosely-structured interview.

Checklists that allow a teacher to quickly note how frequently a specific behavior is exhibited in class.

Forms a teacher uses to quickly record the skills or behaviors of students in a classroom.

Written records about a class’s progress toward a learning standard or other educational goal made by the teacher.

A strategy for changing the normal program for a young child who presents troubling behavior. This plan is made based on an assessment of the child and monitored over time.