Portfolio Assessment Portfolio 1 Portfolios are part of

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Portfolio Assessment Portfolio 1

Portfolio Assessment Portfolio 1

Portfolios are part. . . of the constructed response assessment family For those training

Portfolios are part. . . of the constructed response assessment family For those training to be teachers, a portfolio means a collection of work in your teaching area (Task. Stream) and has the following characteristics: n Multiple entries, many of which are self -selected. n Assessments of your work conducted by others. n Self-reflection (self-assessment) on the entries. n On-going in nature with growth indicated. So would it make sense to have your students do portfolios? Caution: What is the purpose for using the portfolio? Is it a working portfolio or a showcase portfolio? Who will see this work and why? Be sure students understand. Be sure you understand. n Caution: How will you evaluate the student’s portfolio? Overall, will you be using it formative or summative assessment? n Caution: How much should go into a student’s portfolio? Key works only. Start slowly with key entries one at a time. Don’t have students working on different entries of the portfolio all at once. n 2

Portfolio Evaluation Guidelines. . . when portfolios are used as summative assessment n Because

Portfolio Evaluation Guidelines. . . when portfolios are used as summative assessment n Because the portfolio is a collection rather than a single response, conducting quality assessment in this area requires one to make three somewhat unique decisions: n From the assortment of materials in the portfolio, what will be the focus of the evaluation? Three choices: n Student’s best work, most typical work, or his progress n Who will select material for evaluation? n Teacher, Student n Who will evaluate? n Teacher, Student n From this point on, you can choose to evaluate using any scoring scheme discussed earlier with regard to essay and performance assessment (e. g. , holistic or analytic). 3

Thoughts to consider when you. . . Create Your Scoring System Portfolio Scoring Systems

Thoughts to consider when you. . . Create Your Scoring System Portfolio Scoring Systems – Some Basic Choices 1. Point method - Have a written outline for yourself which expresses your preconceived model of a high quality answer (i. e. key points to be included or skills to be demonstrated). Simply sum these points. 2. Analytic method – use a two-way scoring rubric (e. g. , rate on subscales from 1 to 4); raters break the portfolio task into important predetermined sub-tasks associated with key points and skills. 3. Holistic method – use a one-way scoring rubric (e. g. , rate on overall scale from 1 to 9); raters compare each portfolio taken as a whole to the model. There is a variation to this method in which the raters sort all the portfolios into three categories (for example: “below average”, “above average”) then fine sort within categories. Some teachers use this method for A, B, C, D, F. 4. Primary Trait method – Used most often when the portfolio is a practical one (for example, “Create a 10 -page portfolio for a job interview. ”) The score is determined on whether it was complete or not; sometimes we say “met, or unmet”. The students receive a predetermined score when the task is completed satisfactorily. 4