PORTFOLIO

ASSESSMENT
Engr. Irene R. Billones, RChE, RCh, LPT
May 5, 2019
CBRC Dream Theater
 Opening Thoughts
1. What was the last item you
assessed?
2. What type of assessment did you
use?
3. What in general do you think of
assessment?
 Opening Thoughts
“In education, the term assessment
refers to the wide variety of methods
or tools that educators use to
evaluate, measure, and document
the academic readiness, learning
progress, skill acquisition, or
educational needs of students.”
The Glossary of Education Reform
 Portfolio Assessment
What experience/s have you had with
portfolios?
as a student?
as a teacher?
 Portfolio Assessment
What experience/s have you had with
portfolios?
as a student?
as a teacher?

If you have had experience, what are

your thoughts on portfolios?
 Portfolio vs Folders
FOLDERS PORTFOLIOS
Serve as repositories for student Have clear educational purposes
work and help students learn
Contents are specified by instructor
Students choose what goes in using
and include everything completed in
criteria provided by instructor
a class
Assessed using criteria developed by
May not be evaluated systematically
instructor (often with rubric)
Composed only of final products Can illustrate growth
Include written reflections on
Do not represent a substantive
significance and contribution of
learning opportunity
each item
 Activity 1
1. What do you want portfolio
assessment to look like?
2. How does it differ from other
assessment?
Activity 1
Present Your Work
WHAT? WHY?
Portfolio
Assessment

HOW? WHEN?
 What is a Portfolio?
Portfolios:
➢Purposeful collections of student work
➢Involve the students
➢Contain a variety of dated student
products
WHAT? WHY?
Portfolio
Assessment

HOW? WHEN?
 Why use a Portfolio?
It shows compelling evidence of what a
student has learned
•Assemble many different kinds of evidence
for learning and skills in one place
•Encourage students, faculty, and staff to
examine learning holistically
•Show outcomes AND growth as a learner
 Why use a Portfolio?
It is valuable to students, faculty, and staff
•Encourage students to be involved in their
learning
•Encourage diversity in learning activities
•Provide fodder for richer conversations
•Show what AND how students learned
WHAT? WHY?
Portfolio
Assessment

HOW? WHEN?
 When should Portfolio
Assessment be used?
➢ ongoing throughout the year to
document growth and learning over time
➢ upon completion of a unit of study
➢ specific to a program area (e.g. math)
➢ as “best” works are recognized
➢ as key learning expectations are achieved
by the student
WHAT? WHY?
Portfolio
Assessment

HOW? WHEN?
 How to use Portfolio
Assessment?
✓ Principles Underpinning Portfolio Use
✓ Steps In Implementing Portfolio
Assessment
✓ Content and Evaluation
PRINCIPLES
UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
 Principles Underpinning Portfolio Use
1. Teachers and administrators must plan for and be
trained in the portfolio approach to assessment.
2. Sufficient resources of time and energy must be
allocated to support portfolio assessment.
3. Teachers must work as a team to plan for the
implementation of portfolio assessment.
4. Parents and the public need to understand
portfolio assessment.
5. The teacher’s role is vital as a facilitator of the
portfolio assessment.
 Principles Underpinning Portfolio Use
6. Documentation of the processes and student achievements,
as well as of the analyses of teaching and learning
experiences is critical.
7. Portfolio assessment is a developmental process for both
the teachers and students.
8. Portfolio assessment provides a new perspective on
learning for both teachers and students.
9. Self-evaluation of learning is an integral part of the
portfolio process,
10. Collecting, selecting and reflecting on work is central to the
portfolio process.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
1. Teachers and administrators must
plan for and be trained in the
portfolio approach to assessment.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
2. Sufficient resources of time and
energy must to be allocated to
support portfolio assessment.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
3. Teachers must work as a team to
plan for the implementation of
portfolio assessment.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
4. Parents and the public need to
understand portfolio assessment.
 STUDENTS

PORTFOLIO PRINCIPALS
CULTURE
TEAM TEACHERS

PARENTS
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
5. The teacher’s role is vital as a
facilitator of the portfolio
assessment.
The Teacher’s
Role
Teacher
as
Facilitator

COUNSELOR
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
6. Documentation of the processes
and student achievements, as well
as of the analyses of teaching and
learning experiences is critical.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
7. Portfolio assessment is a
developmental process for both
teachers and students.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
8. Portfolio assessment provides a
new perspective on learning for
both teachers and students.
 T
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ENHANCING
LEARNING
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
9. Self-evaluation of learning is an
integral part of the portfolio
process.
 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING
PORTFOLIO USE
10. Collecting, selecting and reflecting
on work is central to the portfolio
process.
STEPS IN
IMPLEMENTING
PORTFOLIO
ASSESSMENT
 STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Establish a Decide on Introduce
purpose and specific students to
focus contents. “portfolios”.

Develop
Collect work
selection criteria Cont.
samples
collaboratively.
 STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Establish and
Encourage student
Cont.… self-reflection.
communicate
evaluation criteria.

Share portfolios at Celebrate

Conference and
parent / teacher / successes and
set goals with
student continually update
students.
conferences. the portfolio.
 Steps to Portfolio Creation
Stating the Philosophy
Evidence Collection
Planning and Preparation
Assessment and Examination
Shaping and Organizing
 Types of Portfolios?
Teaching

Working Course

Professional Showcase

Electronic
 What can go into a Portfolio?
❑ Material from Oneself
❑ Material from Others
❑ Products of Teaching/Learning
❑ Other Possible Items
What Can Go Into a Student’s
Portfolio?
 What Can Go Into a Student’s
Portfolio? Audio and/or
video tapes
Awards and
Certificates
Conference
Forms Photographs

Introduction Parent /
Projects and
and Table of Guardian
Assignments
Contents Responses
Self and Peer
Reading Logs
reflections
Examples of Portfolio Content
Examples of Portfolio Content
 What Should the Reflections
Contain?
Reflections should focus on:
➢ What all have done in the past?
➢ What have I learned in the past?
➢ What do I need to learn next?
 Item-specific questions on
which students can reflect
1. What learning goal(s) did this item address?
2. Why did I choose this item for your portfolio?
3. What does this item show about me as a
professional/scholar?
4. What did I learn by completing this item?
5. What questions about this item do I have?
Example Reflection Sheet
 Examples of Portfolios for
Different Subjects
❑ Science
✓ Charts, graphs created
✓ Projects, examples, posters
✓ Lab reports
✓ Research reports
✓ Tests
✓ Student reflections (either weekly, monthly, or
bi-monthly)
 Examples of Portfolios for
Different Subjects
❑ Math
✓ Samples of problem solving
✓ Written explanations of how to solve
problems
✓ Charts, graphs
✓ Computer analyses conducted
✓ Student reflections (either weekly, monthly, or
bi-monthly)
 Examples of Portfolios for
Different Subjects
❑ English/Language Arts
✓ Reading log
✓ Different types of writing
▪ Poems
▪ Essays
▪ Letters
✓ Vocabulary achievements
✓ Tests
✓ Book summaries/reports
✓ Dramatizations, creative endings to stories
✓ Student reflections (either weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly)
 Who decides what goes into a
Portfolio?
➢ The student choice is the primary determinant of
entries in a portfolio.
➢ Teacher may meet with student regularly to reflect
on student growth.
➢ (S)he provides input, student reflects on growth, and
they talk about agreements, disagreements on
evaluations
EVALUATING
ENTRIES IN A
PORTFOLIO
 How do We Evaluate the
Portfolio?
➢ What is important for the students to
have learned over 4 months (or 8 months,
or 1 unit)?
➢ Based on what is important (comes from
learning objectives), decide on elements
of portfolio to evaluate.
➢ We can develop ratings for each element
 How do We Evaluate the
Portfolio?
➢ For example – scientific thinking can be
rated on the following scale:
4 = conclusions are based on hypotheses
guesses, hypotheses are set based
on valid reasons
3 = More than half the conclusions are
based on hypotheses….
 Analytic or Holistic?
➢If it’s a developmental portfolio, use
analytic rating scale

➢If it’s a showcase portfolio, you can

use holistic rating scale
Sample Portfolio Rubric
 In Evaluating a Portfolio,
Remember to:
➢ Share the rubric with students before
they work on the portfolio
➢ Allow students to reflect on their
portfolio, using the rubric
➢ Ensure that you have checks for
biases (e.g., rate portfolio with
another teacher)
 In Evaluating a Portfolio,
Remember to:
➢ Rate portfolio without looking at
student name
➢ When making major decisions based
on evaluations, ensure that you use
more than one rater and all raters are
trained
 Activity 2
As an “Instructional Team”
design an appropriate portfolio
assessment for a subject matter
of your choice that you will
implement.
 STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Establish a Decide on Introduce
purpose and specific students to
focus contents. “portfolios”.

Develop
Collect work
selection criteria Cont.…
samples
collaboratively.
 STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Establish and
Encourage student
Cont.… self-reflection.
communicate
evaluation criteria.

Share portfolios at Celebrate

Conference and
parent / teacher / successes and
set goals with
student continually update
students.
conferences. the portfolio.
Activity 2
Peer Discussion
 Issues in Portfolio
Implementation
1. Time Factor
2. Parental or Community Support
3. How to set standards for portfolios
4. Lack of Knowledge or Training
5. Status and role of traditional,
standardized testing
 Issues in Portfolio
Implementation
6. Reliability and Validity
7. Practicability
8. Depth not breadth
9. Interpretation of Results
 Advantages and
Disadvantages of Portfolios
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Involvement of Learners Lower Comparability
Difficulty Ensuring Standardized
Increase of Accountability
Testing Conditions
A Common Vision of Goals Cost
Authentic Picture of Learning Scoring
Improved Teaching/Learning Time
Reflection of Assessment and
Reform
Collect Select Reflect Connect
 “A portfolio basically allows the learner to document and
demonstrate what he/she has accomplished. It also allows
both the learner and teacher to evaluate the progress achieved
in a given period of time. Successful portfolio projects do not
happen without considerable planning and effort on the part
of both the teacher and the student. A portfolio is definitely a
labor of love for it tells a story of a learner‘s growth and active
engagement in the learning process.”
-L. Tolentino-
Portfolio Assessment: A Celebration of Learning (2009)
 Thank You!
Engr. Irene R. Billones, RChE, RCh, LPT