A workshop on "Assessment Tools" was initiated by the SPDC of the Business Studies Department under the coordination of Mr. Joshy John. It was held at the Multi Purpose Hall on March 18, 2014 from 8:00 to 10:00 AM. "Choosing from the wealth of assessment methods used in higher education for student assessment is a challenge as we deviate from the known and tested or tried and true method. We are after academic respectability or our practice is based on the way we were assessed as students ourselves", was the opening salvo of the facilitator Dr. Joefrelin Ines, Lecturer in Business Studies. The facilitator emphasized that students should be assessed based on their knowledge, skills and attitude. He stressed that assessments should not be aimed at creating students as essay producing machines or examination junkies. Instead, lecturers should be advocates of well rounded learning. It was proposed that assessment should be conducted in three stages namely: baseline, formative and summative assessment. The issues that hound the development and the use of classroom assessment tools were also discussed during the workshop. The focal points were the various direct and indirect methods that can be used to enhance the teaching learning process. Ideas shared were based on the experiences of the facilitator such as using portfolio, journal and log books, learning contract, pair share, concept inventories, reflective writing (self reflection), MBO Goal setting, Expectations Notes, Muddiest Points or One-Minute Paper, Knowledge Surveys, Concept Maps, Wrappers, Chain Notes, Beadle, Suggestion Box and Fish Bowl, SGID and a lot more. The workshop ended with an activity called the Chinese Whisper. The workshop was attended by lecturers of the Business Studies Department.