This document discusses portfolios and their use in education. It begins with an activity prompting the drawing of images and math problems. It then discusses portfolios as authentic, integrative, and holistic assessments that can be used for learning. Portfolios for Student Growth is presented as a process-led approach linking academic and future goals. Benefits of portfolios include assessment, self-reflection, and reporting progress. The portfolio process involves four steps - collection, selection, reflection, and connection. Different types of portfolios are also outlined.

1. Bell Ringer
Using separate sheets of paper for each,
complete numbers 1-4 below:
1. Draw a sun, a tree, and an animal.
2. Calculate the following problems:
5 x 6=_____ 12-1=_____ 4+23=_____
3. What are the steps of the portfolio process?
4. List four different types of portfolios.

2. CHAPTER 9
PRE SE NTED BY:
ME L ISSA MOUL DE R & TONYA MOORE
Portfolios

3. Authentic assessment
Integrative assessment
Holistic assessment
Assessment for learning

4. “Portfolios for Student Growth (PSG) is a
holistic, student-centered, process-led
approach to portfolio development. PSG
offers educators a way to guide students to
explicitly link academic learning with future
planning and goal setting.”
http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/information_and_resources/info_to_go/trans
ition_to_adulthood/portfolios_for_student_growth.html

5. 1. Assessment and evaluation (assessing
progress, achievement, developmental
strengths, and areas for continued work).
2. Self-assessment and reflection (where
students can chart their progress and take
ownership of their learning)
3. Reporting progress (in which progress
and achievement can be shown to
parents)
Why should I use portfolios in my classroom?

6. GISELLE O. MARTIN-KNIEP
“Capturing the Wisdom of Practice”
"I am absolutely convinced that
every professional who uses
portfolios in a serious way will
become a better teacher or
administrator."

7. THE PORTFOLIO PROCESS
4 Steps:
1. Collection
2. Selection
3. Reflection
4. Connection*

8. COLLE
CTION

9. Hom
ewo
rk
Journals
Exams
Quizzes
Written Work
Pro
jec
ts

10. WORKING
FOLDER
An intermediate step in the portfolio process…
Ending the portfolio process in the collection
stage turns the working folder into a

11. SELECT
ION

12. Teacher:
Portfolio type
Student:
Work from collections

13. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF
PORTFOLIOS?

15. PROCESS PORTFOLIO
PROCESS PORTFOLIO

17. Cumulative
Portfolio

18. Student-Led
Conferences
http://youtu.be/8au4JqWboAQ?t=37s

19. REF
LECTION

20. CONNE
CTION