Alternative assessment seeks to make learning more significant and to provide a stronger link between, and foster greater integration of, instruction and assessment, emphasizing ongoing classroom assessments that are an integral part of teaching practice. It generally involves assessment situations that enable the collection of more extensive evidence of student performance, as it is based on multiple measures taken over time to yield a more complete picture of student achievement. Alternative assessment provides more in-depth descriptive information about more complex activities occurring over longer periods of time than traditional assessment methods (McMillan, 2001; National Research Council, 2001; Weldin & Tumarkin, 1997).