Portfolio assessment involves students collecting work over time with teacher guidance to demonstrate their learning and abilities. A portfolio represents a selection of the student's best work and shows growth. The criteria for what is included must be clear. Portfolio assessment matches teaching to assessment, has clear goals, and provides a profile of learner depth, breadth and growth over various skills not tested in traditional settings. It also increases student awareness, caters to individual students, develops social skills, promotes independence, and improves motivation through student-teacher dialogue.

1. PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT METHOD
Definitions:
“A portfolio is a collection of evidence that is gathered together to show a person’s learning journey over time
and to demonstrate their abilities” (Butler 2006)
“Collection of student work that demonstrates achievement or improvement” (Stiggins 1994)
“Prepared with a particular audience in mind”
Features and Principles of Portfolio Assessment
1. A portfolio is a form of assessment that students do together with their teachers.
2. A portfolio represents a selection of what the students believe are best included from among the possible
collection of things related to the concept being studied.
3. A portfolio provides samples of the student’s work which show growth over time.
4. The criteria for selecting and assessing the portfolio contents must be clear to the teacher and the students
at the outset of the process.
Purposes of Portfolio Assessment
1. Portfolio assessment matches assessment to teaching.
2. Portfolio assessment has clear goals.
3. Portfolio assessment gives a profile of learner abilities in terms of depth, breadth and growth.
4. Portfolio assessment is a tool for assessing a variety of skills not normally testable in a single setting for
traditional testing.
5. Portfolio assessment develops awareness of own learning by the students.
6. Portfolio assessment caters to individuals in a heterogeneous class.
7. Portfolio assessment develops social skills.
8. Portfolio assessment promotes independent and active learners.
9. Portfolio assessment can improve motivation for learning and thus achievement.
10. Portfolio assessment provides opportunity for student-teacher dialogue.
Use of Portfolio
1. Evaluation 3. Showcasing
2. Documentation 4. Growth
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