To measure degrees of learning. To identify individual learning needs. To observe individual students' thinking skills and dispositions for learning. Assessment data is gathered through performance tasks, scoring rubrics, teacher observation, standardized tests and teacher-made tests. The evidence of these assessment tasks is often housed in Student Portfolios.
Portfolios show examples of a student's work over time.
They include samples of the work, the student's self-assessment, as well as teacher feedback. Strategic Teaching Complex Thinking Developing Leaders Portfolios allow students, teachers and parents the opportunity to view a student's progress, celebrate growth and accomplishments, and set goals for the future. Portfolios place students and their understandings at the center of the learning process. Portfolios are ongoing, ever changing artifacts of students' understandings and attitudes.