1. CHAPTER 15: Portfolio Assessment
Assessing Students with Special Needs
Fifth Edition
John J. Venn
University of North Florida
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2. Overview Definition Types of portfolios Selecting contents
Managing portfolios
Scoring protocols
Holding student conferences

3. Overview
Portfolio instruction and assessment is a reflective teaching and learning process.
Student self-evaluation is an essential element.
Many students with disabilities need to learn self-evaluation skills.

4. Definitions Portfolio
Purposeful collection of student work and related material
Portfolio Assessment
Ongoing process that captures and evaluates many different learning activities and accomplishments

5. Types of Portfolios Process Product Celebration Digital
Documents the learning process (e.g. from rough draft to final product)
Major and more dynamic type
Preferred by most teachers for use in their classrooms as instructional tools
Product
Focuses on accomplishments and best work at the mastery level
Celebration
Features student’s favorite learning experiences and creative development
Digital
Multimedia portfolios stored on a computer, removable media, an Internet cloud, or a website

6. Contents Selecting contents is a first step in the process
May Include a variety of elements: student work, conference records, and student reflections
May also include student selected items

7. Management Managing portfolios is time consuming
Management is part of the instruction and assessment process
Teachers should have a well-developed management system, often some type of checklist
Students may also have a self-management checklist to help them keep up with their portfolio materials

8. Scoring Holistic Scoring
Evaluating the portfolio in its entirety and giving a single overall score
Preferable with large groups and with external scorers
Analytic Scoring
evaluating each piece separately and combining the individual scores to obtain an overall score
Helps evaluate specific strengths and weaknesses

9. Portfolio Assessment Conferences
Meetings to review goals and progress
Teacher’s meet individually with each student
Provide
Reflective discussion
Active student participation in goal setting and monitoring progress
Helps student’s learn how to gauge their learning

10. Summary An innovative approach to measuring student performance
Links assessment directly with classroom learning
Requires careful planning and record keeping
Management tools and scoring protocols
Includes Conferences
Promotes student self-evaluation and reflection
Encourages active student participation