Assessments help determine what instructors are doing well and what needs to be changed in the curriculum to meet classroom goals. Assessments are used to collect data and reflect on class progress and improve. Instructors can use a variety of informal assessments to regularly monitor their students' progress. Performance-based assessments and portfolio assessments are two different types of assessments that educators will offer to their students. Performance-based assessments can assess students based on oral communication and reading. Some examples of performance-based assessments would be role-playing, completing incomplete stories, playing games, and reading with partners. Portfolio assessment is used to assess each student's progress by assessing their work throughout the year. It is a systematic collection of descriptive records collected over time to reflect student growth and educational goals. Examples of portfolio assessments would be formal test data, samples of student work, teacher descriptions of student progress, and a set of activities that represent content knowledge and skills. It is extremely important to ensure that students progress and it is important that educators adapt to students' needs.