In an era that demands greater accountability from teachers and stresses the importance of students' engagement in their own learning, course assessments hold the potential to have a positive and lasting impact in our middle and high schools. To do so, course assessments must be reenvisioned so they capture the real issues that impact student learning.

The goal of any educational system is for students to live up to their potential and move toward a hopeful future. To reach this goal, our teaching and learning environment must promote students' self-worth, ensure students are meaningfully engaged, and affirm that the information students are learning is both rigorous and relevant.

The iKnow My Class course assessment is designed to assess and address the conditions that inspire students to reach their fullest potential. It provides valuable information and formative assessment, which research acknowledges is essential for student growth and learning, to individual classroom teachers.

iKnow My Class is an online instrument that comes in two versions:

• A short version (20 questions)
• A long version (50 questions)

The short version is designed to give teachers a quick snapshot of student perceptions at any point in the course, while the long version is designed to give a more complete picture of students' experience of the course. The survey is anonymous and teachers receive results in real time.

iKnow My Class allows for ongoing, formative assessment of student perceptions and engagement and allows teacher to make necessary mid-course adjustments. Teachers are encouraged to enhance the assessment by adding their own questions.