Portfolios

What is a portfolio?• Is a purposeful collections of student´s work that

exhibits the student´s efforts, progress and achievements in one or more areas.

• The collection must include students participation in selecting contents, the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit and evidence of student self-reflection.

Why is it used?• Is used to involve students in their own education.• Reflect on what makes some work better and use

this information to make improvements in future work.

• Assess the progress of the students over a period of time, to determine the efficiency of the teaching, to have connection with the parents of the students, to evaluate the education program.

How is it used?• It is divided in three phases:

• Phase one: Organization and planning

Exploring essential questions at the beginning of the process, students can fully understand the purpose of the portfolio and its status as a means of monitoring and evaluating their own progress.

• Phase two: Collection

• This process involves the collection of meaningful artifacts and products reflecting students´ educational experiences and goals.

• Phase three: Reflection

• Wherever possible, there should be evidence of students´ metacognitive reflections upon the learning process and their monitoring of their evolving comprehension of key knowledge and skills.

What are the types of portfolios?

• There are many different types of portfolios, each of which can serve to one or more specific purposes as part of an overall school or classroom assessment program. For example:

• Documentation portfolio• Is also known as the “working” portfolio.• Involves a collection of work over time showing

growth and improvement reflecting students´ learning.

• Can include everything from brainstorming activities to drafts to finished products.

• Process portfolio

• Documents all the facets or phases of the learning process.

• It can show how students integrate specific knowledge or skills.

• Emphasizes students´ reflection upon their learning process.

• Showcase Portfolio

• Is best used for summative evaluation of students´ mastery of key curriculum outcomes.

• It should include students´ very best works, determined through a combination of student and teacher selection.

• Only completed work should be include. • This portfolio should also include written analysis

and reflections by the student.

• Assessment Portfolio

• The primary function of this portfolio is to document what a student has learned.

• The content is selecting by the students.• The portfolio should include examples about the

content.• To place the students appropriately.