Introduction
“Assessment is the process of identifying, gathering and interpreting information about students’ learning. The central purpose of assessment is to provide information on student achievement and progress and set the direction for ongoing teaching and learning” (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2007, p.1). I believe an assessment strategy which best encapsulates this understanding of assessment is the portfolio. Specifically, a process portfolio provides a wealth of information about a student’s progress in literacy and not only allows a teacher to assess the learning that has taken place but also helps them to identify the areas in need of improvement. Additionally, the crucial element of the student’s self-assessment and self-reflection in the process of creating the portfolio also allows both the teacher and the student to understand the progress, strengths and weaknesses of their writing.
Portfolio assessment
There are a number of definitions in the literature to describe the strategy of portfolio assessment. Brady and Kennedy (2009) describe portfolio assessment as a collection of work samples or products collected over time to demonstrate student progress in learning and achievement of outcomes. This is the most succinct and ideal definition as the idea of assessment is to not only assess the final products of learning but to also assess the process a student takes to achieve that final product. Portfolios in general provide evidence of a how a student thinks, questions, analyses, synthesises, produces and creates (Borich & Tombari, 2004). Grace (2002) emphasises that they keep track of a student’s success rather than their failures. This naturally allows you to determine what their learning n...
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Project portfolio is also referred to as the company’s aggregate project plan. Its primary purpose is to define whether the organization succeeds in managing all of its projects. An aggregate project plan is made to determine whether a company is good at achieving it long-term objectives. The reason for its development is that the organization usually has way too many projects because it focuses on the financial attributes of them, not their contribution to the set goals. The point here is to define the appropriate order in which to conduct operations so that both financial and strategic objectives of the company are achieved. What should be taken into consideration is the project type and project life cycle.
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It has been brought to the school’s attention that there is a need for a more perpetual and comprehensive assessment of students while they are served in the Gifted and Talented Program. Formative assessments provide opportunities to evaluate student performance while the students are being served in the Gifted and Talented Program. Portfolios are an excellent way to evaluate student performance while also helping self-direct their learning and there by improving students’ aim in attaining particular educational goals. Initial testing is conducted to determine placement when considering eligibility for placement in the program. However, our plight lies in the ability to formally document a student’s progress and involvement once they have
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My Second Assignment that I want to share with you is DNA, which is how is it build. My teacher Mr.Moreno asked us to go to the Gizmos website to get the information necessary to complete the assignment. In addition to reading the material, there were assessment questions that I had to answer. The expectation was for us to learn how DNA could replicate from the enzyme. The point of this assignment was to see how how DNA makes a copy of itself and how it allows living things to grow and reproduce. All I had to do to receive an “A” was to follow the instructions given by Mr.Moreno, Which were to answer all questions and submit them on time.
Assessments have always been a tool for teachers to assess mastery and for a long time it was just to provide a grade and enter it into the grade book or report card. Through resources in and out of the course, there has been a breath of new life into the research on how to use assessments. They take many forms and fall within the summative or formative assessment category. Sloan (2016) addresses how formative assessments has traditionally been used by teachers to modify instruction, but when we focus on a classroom that is learner-centered “it becomes assessment for learning as opposed to assessment of learning” (slide 4). The fact is, the students are the ones that should be and are the ones using the data we collect through assessments, since it is our way of providing feedback in order
Without standardized test teachers don’t know what the students are learning and achieving is good enough and are the students able to do better and if so how. The use of portfolio assessment cannot determine how much learning has occurred to measure the comparison to a standardized test. In portfolio assessment, the learners reflect on their own work. What is in the reflections are what the students did in their portfolio and the method used to make the portfolio. Portfolio assessments can be represented as less reliable. Having to develop one's individualized criteria can be difficult or unfamiliar at first. It can be very time consuming for teachers to organize and evaluate the content of portfolios. Teachers and administration believe the portfolios are not demonstrating what students need to know. Furthermore, they are very time consuming for teachers to organize and evaluate the content of the portfolio. It can also show no pattern of growth and achievements when doing portfolios. Portfolio assessments are very hard to analyze to show
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Assessment is defined as “an exercise—such as a written test, portfolio, or experiment—that seeks to measure a student's skills or knowledge in a subject area” (edweek.com). Mainly today, we rely on multiple-choice exams, or tests that are easy to grade in a very generalized manner. The focus is mainly on math and reading, and requires remembering an assortment of different facts. Alternatives to these testing norms are often called alternative assessment. Alternative assessment is defined as “any form of measuring what students know and are able to do other than traditional standardized tests. Alternative forms of assessment include portfolios, performance-based assessments, and other means of testing students.” Performance-based assessment “requires students to perform hands-on tasks, such as writing an essay or conducting a science experiment. Such assessments are becoming increasingly common as alternatives to multiple-choice, machine-scored tests. Also known as authentic assessment.” This seems like an incredibly promising form of assessing an individual student, yet it remains less used because it is more involved. A portfolio is “a systematic and organized collection of a student's work throughout a course or class year. It measures the student's knowledge and skills and often includes some form of self-reflection by the student.” This is also used in many situations, but again, based on personal experience at many schools, the portfolios seem to have little influence on monitoring a students academic success. Measuring the performance of a student should be a completely holistic effort, and should be intensive. It may require a lot of work for the teacher, and qualifications would be ...
Through assessment students and teachers are able to determine the level of mastery a student has achieved with standards taught. Both formative and summative assessment should be purposeful and targeted to gain the most accurate data to drive further instruction (Ainsworth, 2010). While this syllabus does a good job of identifying the need for both formal and informal assessments, the way in which this is communicated does not provide enough detail for understanding. Simply listing assessment types does not give any insight into how these assessments fit in the learning process of this course. While some of the assessments mentioned could be common assessments chosen by the school or district to gain insight into the effectiveness of instruction, the inclusion of authentic assessments is most beneficial to students and demonstrates learning in a context closer to that of a work environment (Rovai, 2004). Unfortunately, this particular course, according to this syllabus, relies heavily on quizzes and traditional tests and essays to form the bulk of assessment opportunities. While other activities, such as formative assessments, journaling and discussions are mentioned as possible avenues for scoring, they are given a very low percentage of the overall grade. This shows that they are not valued for their ability to show progression and mastery. If this is indeed the case, this puts the students as a
Assessments help determine what instructors are doing well and what needs to be altered to the curriculum to meet the class objectives. The assessments are used to collect data and reflect on the progress of the class and to improve. Instructors may use various informal assessments to track the progress of their students regularly. Performance based and portfolio assessments are two different types of assessments that educators will provide to their students. Performance based assessments can evaluate students based on oral communication and reading. Some examples of performance based assessments would be role playing, completing incomplete stories, playing games, and reading with partners. The portfolio assessment is utilized to assess the progress of individual students by evaluating their work throughout the year. It is a systematic collection of descriptive records collected over time to reflect the students’ growth and curricular objectives. Examples of portfolio assessments would be formal test data, samples of student work, teacher descriptions of the students’ progress, and a collection of activities that represent content knowledge and proficiencies. It is extremely important to make sure that students are progressing and it is important that educators adjust to the needs of the students
This assessment can be done by the teacher portfolio is a systematic collection of student works are analyzed to see learning progress in a certain period of time in terms of the achievement of learning objectives. Assessment is done by means of self-assessment and peerassessment. Self-assessment is an assessment conducted by the learners themselves to his efforts and his work with reference to the objectives to be achieved (standard) by the learners themselves in learning. Peer assessment is an assessment conducted in which learners discussed to provide an assessment of the efforts and results of the completion of the tasks that have been done alone or by a group of friends in
Portfolios serve the purpose of an extensive record of a student’s best work and skills. As the student progresses through life, record keeping and reflection becomes an expectation. A résumé cannot possibly describe the entire list of qualities each individual possesses. As a result, portfolios thrive in high schools and offices alike to demonstrate a person’s capabilities in the greatest detail. Any person with a future-oriented mindset should have a portfolio to create opportunities for a successful life.