Portfolio Assessment

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This paper discusses the use portfolio assessment as a useful tool in assessing a student's progress and establishing an interactive relationship between the student and teacher in preparation of the portfolio. It discusses the necessity to recognize the correct methods for using it if its effectiveness is to be proved.

Introduction
Definition and Purpose
Technical Considerations: Reliability and Validity
Criteria for Assessing a Portfolio
Management and Access
Advantages and Disadvantages.
Conclusion

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"Portfolios can be used in a variety of ways. In terms of school curricula, portfolios can be used for either large-scale assessment or as a smaller-scale system in a classroom setup. A large-scale assessment portfolio is focused on a group and its average performance. This could be used for example to determine the performance of a group of students in terms of a certain skill and its development over time. A smaller-scale portfolio system is more often focused on individuals in a single classroom. Here also a predetermined set of skills are measured over a period of time, but this is done for each individual student. This paper will focus on the smaller-scale classroom systems."

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