Ideally, assessments also allow students to monitor their own progress throughout a course. This is especially important, because if students are to be lifelong learners, they need to be able to monitor and control their own process of learning. Paper-and-pencil assessments (multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, short essays, etc.) are most useful for determining what students know; performance tasks (demonstrations, presentations, etc.) are often more suited to assessing what students can do with what they know. The following assessments may help you collect information and distribute feedback on student learning.