What is a portfolio?

A portfolio is a compilation of student work assembled for the purpose of evaluating coursework quality and academic achievement, creating a lasting archive of academic work products, and determining whether students have met learning standards or academic requirements for courses, grade-level promotion, and graduation.

PROS AND CONS

PROS

• Promotes student participation to monitor and evaluate their own learning.

• Provides valuable information on the process of teaching and learning.

• Teachers can review their skills

• They can be adapted to different needs, interests and abilities of each student.

• Can be used at all school levels.

• Certifies student competition, basing the assessment on authentic work.

• It allows a winder and deeper vision students know and can do.

• Allows you to have an alternative to report grades and standardized tests.

• Provide long term structure.

• Transfer the responsability to demostrate understanding of concepts to students.

CONS

• Time consuming the teacher and the student.

• Requires refinement of the assessment process.

• The generalization of the results is limited.

• It's inappropiate to measure the level of knowledge of facts so that is to be used in combination with other traditional assessments.

• Time consuming the teacher and the student. • Requires refinement of the assessment process . • The generalization of the results is limited. • It is inappropriate to measure the level of knowledge of facts so that is to be used in combination with other traditional assessments .