Description In this assignment, we are going to create portfolio evaluation forms in our subject area. We are also going to describe how the form can provide us with information that can allow us to communicate with other teachers, with parents and most importantly with the students themselves.
This assignment involves two steps. The first step is to design the form. In this step, you will be asked to develop peformance tasks (5-10) that are aligned with standards in your area; develop progress indicators aligned with the tasks; and to indicate specific due-dates at logical times during the semester or year.
In the description step, you will explain in a 1-2 pages (double-spaced, 12 font) how the form is able to communicate specific types of information.
Portfolio Evaluation Form
Instructions
The portfolio assignment involves the following three steps:
b. Design a porfolio analysis form for one particular area or subject matter. The form should be a listing of at least 5 performance tasks and contents that illustrate students' progress.
Example:
Focus: Writing Level: 9th grade Length of observation: 15 weeks.
Performance Task
Contents Illustrating Student Progress
Date
*Writes to communicate with others
a. Letter
b. Dialog Journal
First three weeks
*Self assessment of writing
a. submits drafts with own comments
b. provide a checklist of strategies used in writing an essay
Second three weeks
c. Provide a description (1-2 pages) of how the form can provide the following information:
diagnosis and placement - student strengths and needs are examined with regard to major curriculum objectives;
monitoring student progress - growth in learning over the course of the semester or school year can be monitored;
feedback on the effectiveness of instruction - if individual students are not progressing, the instructional approach should be re-evaluated and appropriate adaptations made to meet each student's needs. One possible conclusion is that a student needs instructional support beyond the services provided by the
classroom(s) in which the portfolio has been maintained;
communication with other teachers - this includes other members of the portfolio team and those at other schools to which students may transfer;
student feedback - portfolios enable students to comment and reflect on their progress and plan what they would like to do to maintain or change it; and
communication with parents - portfolios provide parents with concrete evidence which supports instructional decisions.