1. The Academy of the Arts Henry Snyder High School
Portfolio Assessment
The Academy of the Arts Henry Snyder High School

2. Portfolios
A systematic collection of student work and related material that depicts a student’s activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or more school subjects.
Portfolio assessment is an ongoing process.

3. Portfolios are not about assessment.
They are about achievement, reflection
and celebration.

4. Types of Portfolios
Process Portfolio may include: journals, reflections, independent work, teacher evaluations, self evaluations
Product Portfolio: short, more accessible documents at mastery level
Celebration Portfolio: Student’s use as mementos of their favorite learning activities and experiences; creative and imaginative

5. Types of Portfolios (cont.)
Showcase Portfolio: Displays student’s best work; takes time
“Big Books” Portfolio Project: Process elements were sloppy, neat, and final copies of a story
Digital Portfolio: May include text, graphics, video, and audio components; student’s gain computer skills

6. Why We Use Portfolio Assessment
Advantages
Promotes self-evaluation of student
Measurement based on authentic samples
Student and teacher have shared responsibilities
Students have extensive input in the process
Cooperative learning
Measurement based on genuine samples

7. Why We Use Portfolio Assessment (cont.)
Disadvantages:
Requires extra time to plan and conduct
Problems with storage
Subjective evaluation
Holding portfolio conferences is difficult

8. Portfolio Assessment Process
Three major steps:
1. Select portfolio contents student selected items
2. Portfolio holders should be durable, creative, low cost, functional, neat, and stylish
3. Ongoing collection throughout the course

9. Six Portfolio Evaluation Procedures
Developing a Management System
Scoring of piece selected
Rubrics
Reliability Considerations
Holistic/Analytical Scoring Protocols
Student Self-Assessment

10. Student Self-Assessment
Student self-assessment- and element that distinguishes portfolio assessment from traditional evaluation, is not one specific procedure; it includes various types of reflections and self-evaluations.
It involves:
1. Students reviewing their entire portfolio
2. Reflect on a series of revisions
3. Compare two work samples to show
growth in a specific topic
4. Self-evaluate a single work sample

11. Next Steps As a department….
decide what items would go into a portfolio based on the course
Set a timeline…
for when to start
gathering materials
process for conferencing