Krause et al. (2010) describes performance assessments as a way to evaluate complex tasks such as dance, drama, music, technology and design. Dynamic assessments are an interactive form of assessment, used by teachers to help identify a student's learning potential and suspected learning difficulties. Dynamic assessments allow teachers to come together and intervene as necessary with students, adjusting learning tasks by refocusing, repurposing, and revising as necessary (Marsh, 2010). Marsh (2010) also views formative assessment strategies as a means of raising standards of student achievement, which is more visible among children with lower learning abilities. Summative and formative assessments have also been compared as quantitative – student performance measured by grades or positions on a scale vs. qualitative – what students know and can do (Krause et al..,