ATI - Your Resource for Classroom Assessment for Learning
ETS Assessment Training Institute (ATI) helps teachers improve student achievement by integrating student-involved classroom assessment into day-to-day instruction. Using the ATI learning team model of professional development, teachers quickly learn to assess accurately and use the results to promote learning even further. Read our current articles for more in-depth examinations of assessment for learning practices and learning-team-based professional development.α
Evaluating Student Portfolios
At the end of the term/semester/year when the portfolio is submitted for summative evaluation, it is useful to review the contents as a whole and record data using the previously set criteria. One method of recording data is to prepare a grid with the criteria listed down one side and the checklist or rating scale across the top. If there is need to assign a numerical grade, designate numbers to each set of criteria on the checklist/rating scale and convert the evaluation into a number grade. Some examples of portfolio assessment and recording forms follow. The teacher can adapt these sample forms or create new ones.
Assessment Strategies Using Reading Portfolios
There are many good reasons, such as the following, for using reading portfolios:
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They are an effective assessment tool.
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They provide teachers with a wide variety of student work over a period of time.
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They not only provide records of student growth, but also opportunities for students to monitor and be involved in their own reading development.
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They help students collect, select, inspect, and reflect on their own reading, thus giving them self-assessment skills.