Using Alternative Assessments

In my Social Studies class this semester, my teacher has never and does not plan to give us a typical multiple choice test. Instead, she has used alternative assessments. For our mid-term, we created a concept map of what we had learned so far in the semester. I feel that this use of alternative assessment is very useful. I plan to also use alternative assessments in my own classroom. I feel that alternative assessments can be very useful. The students don't have to feel the stress that formal assessments can cause, while the teacher can still find out what they have learned.