Dr. Danner-Kuhn has no doubt shared with you the learning loop (my name for it) in which the reason for assessment is to discover whether curricular objectives are met or not. Here's a pic http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/flag/start/ciamodelfig1.gif by someone smarter
qualitative formative assessment is the ongoing awareness, understanding, and support of learning that is difficult or impossible to quantify
I wonder if #ded318 can create their own qualitative formative assessments for lessons they create? Or how do you know the student met the lesson's objectives?