Portfolio and Performance Assessment in Teacher Education

by Campbell, Dorothy M.; Melenyzer, Beverly J.; Nettles, Diane H.; Wyman Jr., Richard M.

• ISBN13: 9780205308507
• ISBN10: 0205308503
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

B> Portfolios are becoming the standard for performance assessment for teachers. Teacher educators will find this book indispensable as they establish within their teacher education programs performance-based assessment systems that utilize portfolios. There are four elements critical to portfolio and performance assessment: 1. Establishing and communicating program parameters in the form of a philosophy, adopted standards, and portfolio requirements; 2. Maintaining quality in both learning and documentation of learning through performance assessments and portfolio rubrics; 3. Supporting and enabling students in their professional and portfolio development, and 4. Developing a cohesive and comprehensive plan for program evaluation and continuous improvement. The manual includes an actual model of how the four elements are being addressed in a teacher education department. A study of this model will help identify decision points, inevitable challenges, and alternative strategies to help construct a new, individual model. Appendices include: Artifacts Checklist, Artifacts Possibilities, Rubrics to Use in a Portfolio Checkpoint System, and Self-Assessment Sorting Exercise for Determining Values in Teaching. For teachers and teacher educators.

Table of Contents

All chapters conclude with “Conclusion.”

1. Gaining and Communicating a Vision.
Changing Expectations for Teachers.
The Vision: A Focus on Product.
Communicating the Vision.

2. Publishing Guidelines for Portfolio Development.
Rationale for Portfolio Development.
Explanation of Standards.
List of Artifact Possibilities.
Description of the Organization System.
Cover Sheets and Rationale.

3. Ensuring Quality in Student Learning Through Performance Assessments and Rubrics.
Functions of Performance Assessments.
Types of Performance Assessments.
How Performance Assessments Maintain Quality.
How Rubrics Help to Maintain Quality.

4. Supporting Students as They Document Their Learning.
Why a Support System Is Necessary.
What Is Needed for Support.

5. Assessing Program Quality.
Program Accreditation: Changing Paradigms.
Collecting Data for Program Assessment.
Performance Assessment Curriculum Mapping.

6. Learning As We Go: Continuing the Work of Program Self-Evaluation.
The Whole Picture.
Tackling the Tough Challenges.
The Picture of Our Future.

Appendices.
Appendix A: Artifacts Checklist.
Appendix B: Artifacts Possibilities.
Appendix C: Rubrics to Use in a Portfolio Checkpoint System.
Appendix D: Self-Assessment Sorting Exercise for Determining Values in Teaching.
Appendix E: Transcript of a Sample Junior Checkpoint Interview.

Glossary.

References.