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).
Formative Assessment can be as informal as observing the learner's work or as formal as a written test. Formative Assessment is the most powerful type of assessment for improving student understanding and performance. Examples: a very interactive class discussion; a warm-up, closure, or exit slip; a on-the-spot performance; a quiz. Interim Assessment