Presentation/performance and audio or video logs of works-in-progress are two common ways for dance students to demonstrate their achievement of the TEKS. Though educators have traditionally thought of assessment as a means of grading, assessment is also an important learning tool.

• Assessment provides teachers with information about student achievement, aiding teachers in planning by indicating what needs to be retaught, which students need remediation, and which students are ready to advance.
• Assessment develops a body of evidence documenting student growth over time.
• Through effective assessment, students learn to self-assess.
• Looking at the combined assessment of many students or classes, teachers gain information to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching practices.