All educators engage in formative assessment; however, to ensure educators are fostering equity in how diverse learners experience learning, the assessment toolkit needs to be expanded. Science education, like all other aspects of society today, has persistent issues of inequity rooted in issues of anti-Blackness, colonialism, and racism; however, as a community, science educators are exploring ways to engage deeply in abolition and de-colonial efforts within science learning contexts. One way of sensing how diverse learners are engaging in science learning is through practical measures surveys, a type of formative assessment that amplifies students' voice around how they are learning (Bryk et al. 2015). This article discusses types of practical measures, designing practical measure surveys, and using feedback in instruction design making. The article also includes guidance for designing practical measures surveys, and highlights challenges and opportunities.