In teacher education preparation programs across the United States, many units and programs have opted to utilize the assessment capabilities of products that often times were intended primarily for student portfolio needs. However, with the evolution of some of these products from primarily a portfolio focus to a combination of portfolios and with complex assessment tools, teacher education units have had to determine how to utilize these products in order to meet professional standards. In this present study, 106 teacher education unit heads completed a web-based questionnaire related to the perceptions of unit heads toward the role these products play toward standards-based alignment. Among the findings, results indicated that the satisfaction levels of unit heads were not necessarily more favorable toward one commercial product over another, although unit heads expressed disfavor with many products developed by campus-based instructional technology staffs.