Pre Assessments: Pre Assessments can be a great tool for teachers to identify what their students know so that learning goals, objectives, lessons and activities can be adjusted for optimal learning.
Strengths: Pre assessments can be very inexpensive, if used correctly they pre-assessment can be utilized as a lead-in to the unit.
Weaknesses: Pre assessments can be difficult to create and align to learning outcomes, Pre assessments can also be difficult to sync with post assessments to determine if leaning has actually occurred.