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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes • list of applicable goals and standards

• representative samples of work aligned with
respective goals/standards
(b) to document progress towards • rubrics/criteria used for evaluation of work
standards • self-reflection on how well samples indicate
attainment of course/grade-level goals/standards/
objectives
• teacher reflection of attainment of goals/standards
• analysis or evidence of progress made toward
standards over course of semester/year
• representative samples of current work
• representative samples of earlier work to indicate
rate of progress
• classroom tests/scores
(c) to place students appropriately • external tests/evaluations
• match of work with standards accomplished
• self-reflection on current aptitudes
• teacher reflection on student’s aptitudes
• parent reflection on student’s aptitudes
• other professionals’ reflections on student’s
aptitudes

Portfolios provide an excellent vehicle for consideration of process and the development
of related skills. So, portfolios are frequently included with other types of authentic
assessments because they move away from telling a student’s story though test scores
and, instead, focus on a meaningful collection of student performance and meaningful
reflection and evaluation of that work.

23.8 Process of Portfolio Assessment

Process : What processes will be engaged in during the development of the portfolio ?
One of the greatest attributes of the portfolio is its potential for focusing on the processes of
learning. Too often in education we emphasize the products students create or the outcomes they
achieve. But we do not give sufficient attention to the processes required to create those products
or outcomes, the processes involved in self-diagnosis and self-improvement, or the meta cognitive
processes of thinking. As a result, the products or outcomes are not as good as we or the students
would like because they are often unsure how to get started, how to self-diagnose or self-correct
or how to determine when a piece of work is “finished,”
Although a variety of processes can be developed or explored through portfolios.
Steps of Process

• selection of contents of the portfolio;

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