To be an eligible dependent as a qualifying child, an individual must meet four specific criteria: 1  Relationship: A qualifying child must have a specified relationship to the employee. 2  Residency: A qualifying child must have the same principal place of abode as the employee for more than one-half of the taxable year.
Instead, they preferred the term assessment for learning, which they defined as âthe process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get thereâ ( Broadfoot et al., 2002, pp. 2â3).
When considering assessment, there are two critical issues to keep in mind: The Purpose. Understanding the purpose for conducting an assessment is probably the most important thing to understand about assessment. Without a clear purpose for conducting an assessment, the assessment should not be done. There are many different purposes for conducting assessments but for classroom teachers the primary purpose is to aid you in making a decision about whether or not your students are learning, or have learned, the curriculum.