PORTFOLIOS as PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Definition Lots out there! Purposeful collection of student work for an identified purpose Purpose of the portfolio must be clarified for success Typically looking at growth/development over time (but not always)

Attributed to Northwest Evaluation Association …purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress, and achievements in one or more areas of the curriculum. The collection must/might include the following: Student participation in selecting contents. Criteria for selection. Criteria for judging merits. Evidence of a student's self-reflection.

Portfolio for instruction Self-reflection and self-assessment (meta-cognition) Critical thinking skills Goal setting/take responsibility for learning

Portfolio for assessment Authentic/performance assessment Multiple methods Developmental approach

Types of Portfolios Process vs Product Orientation One year vs Multi year One curriculum area vs integrated Developmental Showcase Assessment Working/Work in progress

Development questions What does it reflect – PURPOSE? What artifacts? Who determines content? Final work only or drafts? All works graded before entered?

Development Questions OWNERSHIP STORAGE ARTIFACTS and CRITERIA FOR ARTIFACTS COLLECTION PROCESS REFLECTION ORGANIZTION METHOD OF ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION REVIEW

Self Assessment From NCREL Arrange work from best to worst Choose best/second best works Why, how completed, problems encountered, how solved, goals set, how goals accomplished What makes your most effective work different from your least effective work

Choose a piece that… was really hard and tell why. shows something you can do now that you could not do well before. you would want to look at in the year 20XX and tell why. shows your organizational abilities. reflects your problem-solving skills. shows your personal best. demonstrates your self- evaluation skills. shows how you evaluated someone else's work. illustrates change in your skills: reading, writing, observation, mathematics. was most interesting to you. shows your ability to work together with others. you did not do very well on. shows particular areas or skills you need to work on. went beyond the expectations of the assignment. shows how you solved a problem using more than one strategy. you revised. SOURCE UNKOWN

Links to example forms Focuses on meta-cognitive aspects of portfolio assessment and student self assessment Electronic portfolio form

Writing portfolio Different types (narrative, creative) Different audiences (formal, informal) Publishing process Developmental checklist/rating scale of child’s work Reflection pieces

Math Portfolio Use of manipulatives (picture, checklist/rating scale, picture, journal writing) Group work Real world example Interdisciplinary example Speed and power tests Exposition on problem solving