The document discusses the use of student portfolios as an assessment tool in educational settings, detailing how they provide a comprehensive overview of a student's learning process. It highlights the advantages of portfolios, such as showcasing student improvement and mastery of skills, while also noting potential drawbacks like subjectivity and implementation challenges. Recommendations for effective portfolio use are provided, emphasizing alignment with educational goals and student involvement in the assessment process.

1. Student Portfolios as an Assessment Tool
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2. What?
• Assessment of any leaner can include Various forms of assessment . Assessment includes-
Teacher observation, Projects, Essays, Portfolios etc.
• Student Portfolio is a Comprehensive, ongoing collection of work samples, projects, and
other supporting bodies of evidence that demonstrate a student's present level of
educational performance and serves as an assessment tool. A technique by which student
achievement of course objectives can be measured.
• Unlike standardized assessments in the form of tests, portfolios provide a broader picture
of the entirety of the student's learning process. This full picture of the student assists
teachers when developing learning opportunities and tracking progress.
• E-portfolio - an evolving electronic/online resource that acts to record, store and archive
the artefacts of learning and reflection for an individual learner.
• Students can submit assessment from within the e-Portfolio, receive feedback from within
the e-Portfolio

3. What All Can be Included in Student Portfolio ?
• Depends on subject / project /portfolio medium.
• Dependent on the type of portfolio a student is creating.
• It may include various work samples, projects, photographs, writing pieces, reflective
journaling and artwork.
Eg ;
• Writing samples: essays, journals, research papers, and creative writing pieces.
• Artwork and designs: drawings, paintings, graphic designs, and 3D renderings, Others

4. Objective/Tips behind Utilization of Portfolios for
evaluation of learning
• Set a goal, or purpose
• Goal be tied to how you plan to use the portfolio.
Do you want to see student improvement over the long term or a mastery of a
specific set of skills?
Is it important for you to see the scope of student learning over time
Do you merely want to collect samples of student work to pass along to the next
teacher
 Are you looking for a concrete way to show parents the amount of work
completed and their child's improvement over time
• Take some time to think about what kind of data you want to collect and how you
plan to use it.
• If, however, you are looking for an overall mastery of skills, you will want to
grade the work collected.

5. Merits
• Very valuable and meaningful evaluation tool that effectively assesses student
learning.
• Show cumulative efforts and learning of a particular student over time.
• Offer valuable data about student improvement
• Offer valuable data about students skill mastery.
• Data provides valuable information about how each student learns and what is
important to him or her in the learning process.
• Movement from traditional tests to alternate forms of assessment.
• Creative ways of evaluating student achievement
• Useful for developing learning opportunities and tracking progress.
• Provide a broader picture of the entirety of the student's learning process

6. Demerits
• Very subjective form of assessment
• Alternative form of assessment
• Less comfortable as no grading key or answer sheet
• Purpose/use/how can be done for assessment of student learning- less clarity in
teachers
• Not the easiest type of assessment to implement, but it can be a very effective tool

7. Tips
• Each teacher must determine what skills or learning are to be evaluated through student
portfolios.
• Student involvement -important in the portfolio process. Students should be made to
understand the purpose of the portfolio, how it will be used to evaluate their work, and how
grades for it will be determined.
• Make sure students are given a checklist of what is expected in the portfolio before they
begin submitting work.
• Allow students a choice of what is placed in their portfolios
• Opportunity to reflect about the work included in the portfolio.
• Tools to grade a portfolio can include rating scale, Checklist , others.

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