PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT

Portfolio
 Collection of projects and work of students that exemplifies their skills, attitudes, and interest within a
certain period of time.
 Compilation of students’ best works and materials which are essential to assess their progress or
achievement.
Portfolio Assessment
Systematic, longitudinal collection of student work created in response to specific, known instructional
objectives and evaluated in relation to the same criteria. (Ferenz 2001)
Student Portfolio
A purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student’s efforts, progress, and achievements in one
or more areas.

Difference between…

Traditional Assessment Portfolio Assessment

Why am I collecting evidence? How am I using the evidence

• For representative
skills
• For areas of
development
• For demonstrated
ability
• For conferencing
• For reporting
• To offer the next level
• To promote development
• To document ability
• To modify instruction
• To adapt curriculum
Comparison…

TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT

Measures student’s ability at one time Measures student’s ability over time

Done by a teacher alone; students are Done by the teacher and the students, students are aware
not aware of the criteria of the criteria

Conducted outside instruction Embedded in instruction

Assigns student a grade Involves student in own assessment

Does not capture the student’s language Capture many facets of language learning performance
ability

Does not include the teacher’s Allows for expression of teacher’s knowledge of student as
knowledge learner
of student as learner

Does not give student responsibility Student learns how to take responsibility

TYPES OF PORTFOLIO
WORKING PORTFOLIO (teacher-student portfolio)
 it is a project work
 contains the work in progress
 it documents the stages of learning
 provides a progressive record of student growth
 interactive teacher-student portfolio that aids in
communication between teacher and the student
 use to diagnose student needs

SHOWCASE PORTFOLIO (best work portfolio or display portfolio)

 Focuses on the students’ best and representative work
 It exhibits the best performance of the students
 Documents the students’ effort with respect to curriculum objectives
 Its just like an artist’s portfolio where variety of work is selected to reflect the breadth of talent
 This folder is most often seen in open house and parent visitations
 The work that makes them proud thus encourages self- assessment and builds self-esteem of students

PROGRESS PORTFOLIO (teacher alternative assessment portfolio)

  Contains examples of students’ work with the same types done over a period of time which are then
utilized to assess their progress
 All works of the students in this type of portfolio are scored, rated, ranked, or evaluated
 Teachers can keep individual student portfolio that is solely for the teacher’s use as an assessment tool

Uses of Portfolios
1. It provides both formative and summative opportunities for monitoring progress toward reaching identified
outcomes.
2. It communicates concrete information about what is expected of students in terms of the content and
quality of performance in specific curriculum areas.
3. It allows students to document aspects of their learning that do not show up well in traditional assessments.
4. It is useful to showcase periodic or end of the year accomplishments of students such as in poetry,
reflections on growth, samples of best works, etc.
5. It is also used to facilitate communication between teachers and parents regarding the child’s achievement
and progress in a certain period of time.
6. Administrators may use the portfolio for national competency testing to grant high-school credit and to
evaluate educational programs.
7. It combines the purposes of instructional enhancement and progress documentation.