I’ve been reading “Classroom Assessment for Student Learning” to try and better understand student-centered assessment. I cam across the following explanation for types of portfolios:
Project portfolios: focused on the work from an individual project
Growth portfolios: show progress toward competence on one or more learning targets (goals). They document increasing levels of achievement. The student writes a self-reflection to summarize growth; for example, “Here’s how far I’ve come and here’s what I know and can do now that I couldn’t do before.”
Achievement portfolios: document the level of student achievement at a point in time. They are comprised of best, most recent work organized by the learning target (goal) each represents.
Competence portfolios: offer evidence in support of a claim to have attained an acceptable or exemplary level of achievement. They sometimes take the form of “exhibition of mastery” portfolios…It is crucial to their success to determine in advance the number of evidence needed to support an assertion of competence for each learning target addressed.
Celebration portfolios: students decide what accomplishments or achievement they are most proud of.
The essence of our electronic portfolio: Students reflect on their personal growth and level of independence as it relates to: ERICK (school standards), Individual Course Objectives (based on State standards), and Essential Questions [9th: Who am I?; 10th: Who am I within the American society?; 11th: Who am I as a citizen of the world?; 12th: Who am I? (Combination and culmination of all)] These should guide the construction of a student’s portfolio, but there needs to be a balance with student ownership. The electronic portfolio will constitute a new genre, as it may comprise uniquely combined written, visual, and audio texts. This is the essence of literacy in the 21st Century.
My question: our definition of ePorts includes elements from all 5 types. Is that a problem or a positive? Does this create a “jack of all trades, master of none” environment? Or does our definition allow for multiple approaches?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Hi back at you, Liz.
What do you think about the Q on types of portfolios? Thanks, Ed
Your question is a very important one! Aand you are right, we do seem to be doing a little of everything. I think we are still in the exploratory phase. As our dialog contiunes,and as we gain experience, I think we will better be able to find a focus that works the best in South Windsor.
I'm not sure we have a public definition of our ePort on our web site. Maybe we should we put one up?
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