PORTFOLIO-BASED ASSESSMENT

Portfolio-Based Assessment

1. PORTFOLIO-BASED ASSESSMENT

2. Portfolio-Based Assessment A Portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits that exhibits the students efforts, progress and achievement in one or more areas. Portfolio Assessment is one of a several authentic and non-traditional assessment techniques in Education.  it is not a scrapbook but a purposeful collection of anything worth considering. Comes from Italian word “Portafoglio” – a case for carrying loose papers

3. A portfolios content maybe any of the following: Only the best work of students. Evidences of individual student’s work. Evidences of group work.

4. Purposes of Portfolio Assessment

5. Purposes of Portfolio Assessment 1. Portfolio assessment matches assessment to teaching. 3. Portfolio assessment gives a profile of learner abilities in terms of depth, breadth, and growth. 2. Portfolio assessment has clear goals. They are decided on at the beginning of instruction and clear to teacher and students. 4. Portfolio assessment is a tool for assessing a variety of skills not normally testable in a single setting for traditional setting. 5. Portfolio assessment develops awareness of own learning by the students.

6. 6. Portfolio assessment caters to individuals in a heterogeneous class. 8. Portfolio assessment promotes independent and active learners. 7. Portfolio assessment develop social skills. Student interact with other students in the development of their own portfolio. 9. Portfolio assessment can improve motivation for learning thus achievement. 10. Portfolio assessment provides opportunity for student-teacher dialogue.

7. Features and Principles of Portfolio Assessment

8. Features and principles of portfolio assessment a. A portfolio is a form of assessment that students do together with their teachers. b. A portfolio represents a selection of what the students believe are the best included from among the possible collection of things related to the concept of being studied.

9. Features and principles of portfolio assessment c. A portfolio provides sample of student’s work which show growth over time. d. The criteria for selecting and assessing the portfolio contents must be clear to the teacher and the students at the outset of the process.

10. Essential Elements of Portfolio

11. Every portfolio must contain the following essential elements: 1. Cover letter “About the author” and “What my portfolio shows about my progress as a learner” (written at the end, but put at the beginning). Essential Elements of Portfolio

12. 2. Table of Contents with numbered pages 3. Entries – both core (items students have to include) and optional (items of student’s choice). The core elements be required for each student and will provide a common base from which to make decisions on assessment. The optional items will allow the folder to represent the uniqueness of each student. Essential Elements of Portfolio

13. 4. Dates on all entries, to facilitate proof of growth over time. 5. Drafts of aural/oral and written products and revised versions. Essential Elements of Portfolio

14. 6. Reflection can appear at different stages in the learning process (for formative and/or summative purposes) and at the lower levels can be written in the mother tongue or by students who find it difficult to express themselves in English. Essential Elements of Portfolio

15. Students can choose to reflect upon some or all of the following: What did I learn from it? What did I do well? Why (based on the agreed teacher-student assessment criteria) did I choose this item? What do I want to improve in the item? How do I feel about my performance? What were the problem areas? Essential Elements of Portfolio

16. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

17. 1. Identifying teaching goals to assess through portfolio It is very important at this stage to be very clear about what the teacher hopes to achieve in teaching. These goals will guide the selection and assessment of students’ work for the portfolio. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

18. 2. Introducing the idea of portfolio assessment to your class Portfolio assessment is a new thing for many students who are used to traditional testing. For this reason, it is important for the teacher to introduce the concept to the class. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

19. 3. Specification of Portfolio Content Specify what and how much have to be included in the portfolio – both core and options (it is important to include options as these enable self-expression and independence). Specify for each entry how it will be assessed. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

20. 4. Giving clear and detailed guidelines for portfolio presentation There is a tendency for students to present as many evidence of learning as they can when left on their own. The teacher must therefore set clear guidelines and detailed information on how the portfolios will be presented. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

21. 5. Informing key school officials, parents and other stakeholders Do not attempt to use the portfolio assessment method without notifying your department head, dean or principal. This will serve as a precaution in case students will later complain about your new assessment procedure. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

22. 6. Development of the Portfolio Support and encouragement are required by both teacher and students at this stage. Devote class-time to student-teacher conferences, to practicing reflection and self- assessment and to portfolio preparation. Stages in Implementing Portfolio Assessment

23. Types of Portfolio Assessment

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25. Working Portfolio Consist of collection of day-to-day work of students. They reflect the progress of a student in a particular area of learning. Provides opportunities to growth through self- reflection.

26. Working Portfolio Teachers can reflect on the effectiveness of his/her instruction through working portfolios. It can be compared to an artist’s studio: the notes, the half-finished drafts, the sketches, and the completed works.

27. Working Portfolios may contain the following evidences: 1. Teacher-directed tasks 2. Teacher observations 3. Classroom activities 4. Self-assessment and self-reflections 5. Relevant learning outcomes

28. Collections of the best work of students assembled for assessment purposes Showcases the final products of student work Provide evidences that certain instructional goals are realized Indicate students’ progress and weaknesses from one learning area to another Documentary Portfolio

29. Purposeful collections of limited amount of student’s work Usually finished products to display the best he/she accomplished in a given period May contain art projects, essays, stories, poetry, or research papers Reflect the curriculum goals of the learning areas Show Portfolios Showcase Portfolio

30. Advantages and Disadvantages of Portfolio

31. Advantages of Portolio 1. It can monitor the learning progress of a student over a given period. 2. It can show the student’s best work. 3. It can compare the student’s best work from the past to present. 4. It can develop reflective learning. 5. It can provide documentary evidences of learning to teachers, parents and stakeholders. 6. It can foster teacher-student/parent-child collaboration in the teaching learning process

32. 1. It is cumbersome to collect and store portfolio entries. 2. It is time consuming to make a portfolio. Disadvantages of Portfolio 3. It may create resistance on the part of the student. 4. Time consuming to develop criteria, score, and meet student.

33. Student-Teacher Conferences

34. The main philosophy embedded in portfolio assessment is “ Shared and active assessment ”. The teacher should have short individual meetings with each students, in which progress is discuss and goals are set for a future meeting . Student-Teacher Conferences

35. Student-Teacher Conferences The teacher and the student keep careful documentation of the meeting nothing significant agreements and finding each individual session. The formative evaluation process of the portfolio assessment is facilitated. Indeed the use of portfolio assessment takes time but in the end it gains.

36.   Finally, student-teacher conference can also be used for summative evaluation purposes when the students present his final portfolio product and where final grades are determined together with the teacher. This conference can be prepared in pairs, where students practice presenting their portfolio. Student-Teacher Conferences

37. Rubrics

38. What is a Rubric? A rubric is a scoring tool lists the criteria for a piece of work, or “what counts” and clearly defines range of quality for each criterion from excellent to poor. How are portfolios assessed? Rubrics are used by students to self-evaluate.

39. Examples of Portfolio Rubrics

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