In this book, author Allan A. De Fina invites teachers, students and parents into the portfolio process, which offers many opportunities to assess a student's performance and growth over time.
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portfolio assessment. The second section, which includes Chaps. 3–5, is mainly about the development of portfolio assessment programmes and their characteristics such as reflection and self-regulated learning.
The shortcomings of standardized testing as the predominant form of student assessment in the United States are reviewed, and the use and potential benefits of portfolio assessment are explored. Children's...
Other booklets in the collection include Community College Assessment and The Hallmarks of Effective Outcomes Assessment.
This volume deals with the subject of portfolio-based writing assessment. It explores the theory behind using portfolios in writing a programme as well as information about what portfolios are, what...
The Assessment Bookshelf Series features a variety of teacher-friendly, student focused tools to help you implement an effective assessment program in your classroom.
Allowing students to both learn about portfolios and experience them firsthand, this book describes teacher education courses where undergraduate and graduate students are evaluated using portfolio assessment techniques--the same methods...
This book provides portfolio assessment techniques in easy-to-manage steps.
After completing the book, readers will be more interested in alternative assessments, especially more authentic forms of assessment, and may begin to add depth and quality to their own outcomes...