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Unit 23 : Portfolio Assessment

address those goals. Students often have become dependent upon adults, particularly teachers, to Notes
evaluate their work. They need to learn self-assessment.
So, the reflection phase of the portfolio process should be ongoing throughout the portfolio
development. Students need to engage in multiple reflective activities. Those instances of reflection
become particularly focused if goal-setting is part of their reflection. Just as instruction and
assessment are more appropriately targeted if they are tied to specific standards or goals, student
identification of and reflection upon strengths and weaknesses, examples of progress, and strategies
for improvement will be more meaningful and purposeful if they are directed toward specific
goals, particularly self-chosen goals.

As a skill, reflection is not something that can be mastered in one or two attempts.
Developing good reflective skills requires instruction and modeling, lots of practice,
feedback and reflection.

Self Assessment

2. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’
(i) Portfolio assessment is given at periodic level.
(ii) The most Common portfolio reflection task is the completion of a sheet to be attached to
the sample of work which the reflection is addressing.
(iii) Teacher need not a plan for holding portfolio Conferences.
(iv) Portfolio assessment does not help in student self evaluation, reflection, and critical
thinking.

23.9 Summary

• A student portfolio is a systematic collection of student work and related material that
depicts a student’s activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or more school
subjects.
• Identifying specific goals or purposes for assigning a portfolio is the first and most critical
step in creating such an assig. Just as identifying a standard guides the rest of the steps of
developing an authentic assessment, identifying the purpose(s) for a portfolio influences all
the other decisions involved in producing a portfolio assignment.
• Process and product portfolios represent the two major types of portfolios. A process portfolio
documents the stages of learning and provides a progressive record of student growth. A
product portfolio demonstrates mastery of a learning task or a set of earning objectives and
contains only the best work
• First, the teacher and the student need to clearly identify the portfolio contents, which are
samples of student work, reflections, teacher observations, and conference records. Second,
the teacher should develop evaluation procedures for keeping track of the portfolio contents
and grading the portfolio...
• Advantages of Portfolio Assessment
• Promoting student self-evaluation, reflection, and critical thinking.
• Measuring performance based on genuine samples of student work.
• Providing flexibility in measuring how students accomplish their learning goals.

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