assessment tool

Okay so we had to do an assessment tool and Dr. Wilson said to be creative and to think out of the box... well I thought that I did and I was disappointed in my grade. I thought I was being creative getting away from "worksheets"...I guess it didn't do what she wanted. I am not in the classroom and I am not a teacher in the classroom so I thought of what could be done that is not being used right now to assess a student. I really would like to know what the student knows before coming into the classroom because it makes a lot of difference to the teacher and lets the teacher know what that student can or cannot do...as well as their foundations for being able to read. I am interested in the beginning years of the child, the developing years. I enjoy the classroom of prek, kinder...because I do want to do the songs and dances with them...I want to use creativity and play centers with them, that is what I want to see and encourage with them. My youngest daughter is 7 and she still pretends and imagines and guess what I do right along side her!