The document discusses different types of assessments: formative assessments which are used during instruction to adjust teaching, summative assessments which are given at the end of a period of learning to evaluate proficiency, diagnostic assessments which identify specific areas of difficulty, progress monitoring assessments which are given periodically to check on the effectiveness of interventions, and outcome measurements which are administered at the end of the year to evaluate progress on a larger scale. Examples are provided for each type of assessment.