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Standards and Assessment - Portfolios

The Birth and Death of Portfolio Assessment

The Quarterly, Winter 2002
Pauline Sahakian
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Portfolios That Make a Difference: A Four-Year Journey

The Quarterly, Fall 2001
Judith Ruhana
After initially thinking portfolios wouldn't work in her six language arts classes comprising some 125 students, Illinois middle-school teacher Judith Ruhana began using them in her classroom and gained some valuable insights about her students' abilities. The following article is a chapter from the The Whole Story: Teachers Talk About Portfolios. More ›

Picture This!

The Quarterly, Fall 1996
Stephen Marcus
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Writing History: Before and After Portfolios

The Quarterly, Winter 1996
Stan Pesick
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Video Visits: An Innovation for Learning about Portfolios

The Quarterly, Spring 1995
Pam Perfumo
In a research project sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy to study the use of portfolios in teaching writing, Pam Perfumo and Bob Calfee develop a new approach: "video visits," wherein specific sites were asked to videotape a discussion session around their use of portfolios that could be mailed back to the center for viewing and analysis. The article presents their findings on portfolio use and evaluates the video visit as a form of research. More ›

TR 65. Student Portfolios and Teacher Logs: Blueprint for a Revolution in Assessment

National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy Technical Report, 1993
Robert C. Calfee, Pam Perfumo
The authors present a new concept of alternative assessment: the teacher logbook, designed to support and effectuate the portfolio approach and to connect portfolios to other facets of teacher professionalization. More ›