Portfolios allow students to showcase their work and progress over time. A portfolio is a purposeful collection of a student's work and efforts that demonstrates achievements in a subject area. Portfolios provide documentation of student growth, highlight accomplishments, and allow for evaluation of students. The portfolio process helps students develop skills in creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. Portfolios also empower students by putting ownership of learning into their hands and helping them recognize strengths and areas for improvement. Effective portfolios contain dated entries, drafts and revisions, and student reflections on learning, performance, and problems. Rubrics and conferences are used to assess portfolios.

1. Portfolio Assesment

2. What is a portfolio?
• “A purposeful collection of students work that
exhibits the student’s efforts, progress and
achievements in one area.” (Paulson, Mayer
1991)
• A portfolio is a systematic collection of one’s work.

3. Purpose of portfolio
1. Documentation of student progress
2. Showcasing student accomplishments
3. Evaluation of student

4. Why use Portfolio?
• Through the process students grow in:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Communication and Collaboration

5. Why are Portfolios useful?
• Puts ownership of learning back in
hands of student
• Allows student to see what they are
great at and what still needs work

6. Essential elements of portfolio
1. Entries – both core (required) and optional (uniqueness of
student)
2. Dates of all entries – to facilitate proof of growth over time
3. Drafts of oral and written products and revised versions
4. Reflections
a. What did I learn from it?
b. What did I do well?
c. Why did I choose this item?
d. What do I want to improve in the item?
e. How do I feel about my performance?
f. What were the problems areas?

7. How are portfolios assessed?
• Rubrics are used by students to self-
evaluate

8. OTHER METHODS OF
EVALUATION:
• Peer evaluations
• Teacher-student conferences
• Parent-teacher conferences

9. Pros
• Meets individual needs,
interests and abilities of
the student
• Great way to document and
evaluate growth
• Self-evaluation and
personal ownership for
students
Cons
• Difficult to evaluate
• It takes “loads of time” to be
carried out properly
Pros and Cons of Portfolio Assessment

10. Conclusion
Portfolio
• Measures student's ability over time
• Done by teacher and student; student aware of
criteria
• Decide what kind of work to collect
• Require students to continually evaluate their own
products

11. Thank you 

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