How to evaluate main lesson books

My first "issue" of the Waldorf-Ideen-Pool e-newsletter arrived today. Among the contents was a link to an easy method for main lesson book evaluation, or Epochenheft-Beurteilungen.

The author uses smiley faces to rate students on these factors:

• How well the notebook was taken care of (Heftpflege)
• handwriting (Schrift)
• page borders (Ränder)
• illustrations (Bilder)
• completeness (Vollständigkeit)
• Descriptions (Beschreibungen)

So far, we haven't provided our children with any formal evaluations. Still, it's nice to know in which areas this classroom teacher evaluated her students' work.