Assessing students is an important part to any classroom experience. Assessments are also helpful in planning units because the previous knowledge can be determined for each student.
Exit tickets are small quiz like worksheets given out at the end of class. Exit tickets allow for teacher to see if students understood the lesson taught that day or not. Using exit tickets can help develop the lesson plans to work so all students are able to learn the unit.
Unit tests at the end of the unit can allow the teacher to see what each student learned. The unit test can also allow the teacher to see what teaching strategies worked. The unit test can also be used to create new planning for students to review in the future.
Having weekly check-ins can give a teacher a view of how each student is understanding the unit. Check-ins can also allow for students to tell the teacher what's working and what isn't and how different learning styles may enhance their learning.
Having small groups to test students and separate them into learning groups based on where they are struggling. These groups help teachers build up each students knowledge by grouping them together, with other students who have the same issues and teaching them as a group so they can work on the unit together.
Having a diagnostic test at the beginning of the year and at the beginning of each unit can help teachers plan their lessons to cover difficult subjects. Having a pre-unit test can allow a teacher to see where their students are at and for what needs to be covered more in-depth.