Procedures and Practices

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14. What type of support do you receive to enhance your assessment practices?
(Choose all that apply.)

	Clear direction about assessment from administration
	Clear direction about assessment from funders
	Paid professional development
	Time to engage in professional development
	Mentoring/coaching
	Access to expertise or resource people
	Access to journals, articles, and reports on assessment
	Literature accompanying commercial assessment tools
	Debriefing sessions at staff meetings
	No support
	Other (please specify)

15. What constraints are you working under? (Choose all that apply.)

	No constraints.
	Assessment is not valued by administration.
	Assessment is not valued by funders.
	I am mandated to use specific assessment tools and/or approaches.
	Mandated assessment tool(s) are inappropriate.
	Mandated assessment approach(es) are inappropriate.
	I follow a standardized curriculum and am unable to individualize instruction.
	My knowledge about assessment is limited.
	Very few assessment tools are available.
	I work in isolation.
	I do not have enough time to administer, interpret, report and/or follow up.
	Assessments.
	The program does not have enough funding to support assessment.
	Other (please specify)

16. If you could wave a magic want, what changes, if any, would you make to assessment
practices in your program?