This document discusses the characteristics and benefits of using portfolios as an assessment tool for students and educators. Some key points: - Portfolios involve students, teachers, and parents collaborating over time to select the best examples of a student's work to demonstrate growth and development. - They are child-centered and promote self-assessment skills. Multiple tools and techniques are used. - Portfolios can be used for instructional purposes to improve learning and help students internalize excellence criteria. They can also be used for student-led parent conferences. - Examples of what different subject portfolios may contain are provided, as well as tips for implementing portfolios. The goal is for portfolios to span a period of time

1. AN EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR
EDUCATORS & CHILDREN

3. • IT IS AN ASSESSMENT PLAN DONE BY
THE CHILD ALONG WITH THEIR
TEACHERS AND PARENTS OVER A
COURSE OF TIME .
• IT IS NOT A MERE COLLECTION OF
THINGS BUT IT’S THE SELECTION OF
BEST ACTIVITIES DONE BY THE
STUDENT AND ARRANGED IN A
PROPER METHODOLOGY.

4. • USES OF COLLOBORATIVE
PRINCIPLES TO PROMOTE
DEMOCRATIC LEARNING.
• IT IS CHILD CENTRED AND AN
EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR SELF
ASSESSMENT .
• CONTINUED FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME .

5. • SHOWS THE GROWTH&
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
LEARNER IN MULTIPLE WAYS .
• WILL HAVE DEFINED AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES.

6. • USE OF MULTIPLE TOOLS &
TECHNIQUES.
• SELF ASSESSMENT & SELF
EVALUATION.
• CAN BE CONSIDERED BOTH AS A
DIAGNOTIC & AN ACHIEVEMENT
TOOL.

7. • GENERAL PORTFOLIO
• SUBJECT BASED PORTFOLIO
• OFFLINE PORTFOLIO
• ONLINE PORTFOLIO

10. Characteristics of portfolios used for
instructional purposes
Focus is on development of self-
evaluation skills.
Teacher and students must meet to
discuss evaluations (teachers can get a
good window into students’ understanding
of their progress).
In addition to improving instruction, the
goal is to help student internalize criteria
for excellence.
Can be used for student-directed
conferences with parents .

11. Science
• • Charts, graphs created
• • Projects, examples, posters •
• Lab reports
• • Research reports
• • Tests
• • Student reflections (either weekly,
or monthly)

12. • Written explanations of how to
solve problems
• • Charts, graphs
• • Computer analyses conducted.
• • Samples of problem solving •
• • Student reflections (either weekly,
monthly, or bi-monthly)

13. English/Language Arts
• • Reading Blog
• • Different types of writing
• Poems
• Essays . Letters .Vocabulary achievements •
Tests
• • Book summaries/reports • Dramatizations,
creative endings to stories • Student
reflections (either weekly, monthly).

14. Give students the …….
• Purpose of the portfolio
• Time period that it should span
• Name people who will have access
to it
• Description/list of types of work to
include.
• If applicable, what criteria will be
used to evaluate portfolio.

15. “LEARNING WITHOUT
REFLECTION IS A WASTE
.REFLECTION WITHOUT
LEARNING IS DANGEROUS”.
…..CONFUCIUS.