Title: Literacy portfolios in action /
Authors: Valencia, Sheila.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace College Publishers,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Portfolios in education.; Portfolios in education United States.; Reading Ability testing United States; Literacy United States Evaluation.
Contents: Why portfolios?: assessment principles and a portfolio definition / Sheila W. Valencia -- Designing a portfolio system / Sheila W. Valencia -- Managing portfolios: moving from collections to portfolios / Robin Carnahan -- Collecting and understanding reading performance / Sue Bradley -- Collecting and understanding writing performance / Lynn Beebe -- Engaging students in self-reflection and self-evaluation / Sheila W. Valencia and Sue Bradley -- Examining growth over time / Nancy Place and Marla English -- Engaging teachers in self-reflection and self-evaluation / Sheila W. Valencia -- Communicating: teachers, families, and students together / Phyllis Richardson -- Grading practices and portfolio evaluation / Sheila W. Valencia.