To be completed during the semester. 

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Assessment is an ongoing process that instructors use to sustain and improve the quality of their courses.

The Midterm Assessment exists to encourage instructors to assess the course at least once, but ideally several times, during the semester, not merely at the end.

Things change. The unexpected occurs. Learning outcomes prove more or less achievable than they were originally imagined. Pedagogical strategies prove more or less effective. Means of assessment prove more or less practical.

Instructors usually discover such discrepancies as they arise. Often, they make adjustments on the spot.

The Midterm Assessment is a space in which instructors can document such discoveries and adjustments.

An example:

As a group, my students are coming nowhere close to achieving this outcome. I will take two class periods from the next unit and use them to re-teach the central concepts of this unit. Small group discussion might help. 

That was just an example. No particular format is suggested. Informal comments or narratives are completely acceptable; a table or list would also be acceptable.

An instructor who thinks it might be helpful to date individual comments should feel free to do so.