Portfolios across the Curriculum and Beyond

• Main Author: Cole, Donna J
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Corwin Press, Inc 1995
• Subjects: Curriculum; Educational Administration; Educational Assessment; Educational Technology; Evaluation Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Performance Based Assessment; Portfolios (Background Materials); Process Measures; Professional Development; Summative Evaluation; Teacher Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Test Use

This guidebook explains the purpose and rationale for initiating a portfolio process in the schools. A fundamental authentic assessment principle holds that students should demonstrate, rather than be required to tell or be questioned about, what they know and can do. The use of portfolios has gaine...