Deck 15: Portfolio Assessment

Question 1

What are holistic and analytic scoring portfolios? Which type of scoring do most teachers use in their own classrooms? Why?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Most student portfolios focus on __________activities.

A)literacy
B)reading
C)reading,writing,and math
D)writing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following best defines a student portfolio?

A)a carefully selected collection of the finest artistic works
B)a compilation of student work
C)a systematic collection of student work

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Define portfolio conferences,discuss the assessment features in portfolio conferences and describe the importance of conferencing in the portfolio assessment process?

Question 5

Which of the following phrases best describes holistic scoring?

A)combines scores from individual items to obtain an overall score
B)evaluates portfolios in their entirety
C)more time consuming than other types of portfolio scoring
D)used most frequently by internal scorers

Question 6

What type of portfolios do teachers generally prefer to use in their classrooms as part of regular instruction and progress measuring in the curriculum?

A)celebration
B)process
C)product
D)showcase

Question 7

What is the role of student self-assessment in portfolio-based instruction? What instructional strategies would you use to help students with special needs learn how to conduct their own self-assessments?

Question 8

Which of the following portfolio conferences is a meeting between two students?

A)Individual
B)Peer
C)Small group
D)Student-led

Question 9

When teachers score the portfolios of their students,they are serving as _______scorers.

A)analytic
B)external
C)holistic
D)internal

Question 10

Which phrase best describes the role of portfolio conferences in the assessment process?

A)an optional element
B)an essential part of portfolio assessment
C)should occur after students complete their portfolios

Question 11

Which of the following steps in the portfolio assessment process generally occurs first?

A)creating a scoring rubric
B)conducting internal scoring
C)developing a management system
D)holding portfolio conferences

Question 12

Which portfolios are sometimes bulky and difficult to manage?

A)celebration
B)process
C)product
D)showcase

Question 13

Which of the following phrases most accurately describes portfolio scoring?

A)best when using external scorers
B)objective because it uses rubrics
C)reliable when using analytic scoring
D)subjective because it relies on professional judgment

Question 14

What are product,process,and celebration portfolios? Which type of portfolio do teachers use most frequently in instructional situations? Explain

Question 15

Which portfolios are concise and designed to illustrate success at the mastery level?

A)celebration
B)process
C)product
D)showcase

Question 16

Which of the following best describes internal scoring?

A)It involves student self-assessment.
B)It occurs as part of peer conferencing.
C)Scorers have direct student contact.
D)Scorers have indirect student contact.

Question 17

What type of scoring is typically used when teachers arrange for a portfolio swap with the teacher next door?

A)analytic
B)holistic
C)internal

Question 18

Which of the following phrases best describes analytic scoring?

A)emphasizes an overall score derived from the analysis
B)involves grading individual portfolio items
C)most often used by external scorers
D)requires less teacher time to grade

Question 19

Which of the following phrases best describes portfolio assessment?

A)a form of traditional assessment
B)a type of standardized assessment
C)part of a reflective teaching and learning process

Question 20

Farr and Tone suggested that most individual portfolio conferences should take about minutes to conduct.

A)5
B)10
C)15
D)20

Question 21

Finding time to schedule and hold conferences can be one of the most difficult challenges in portfolio assessment.What can teachers do to minimize this problem (include at least three strategies in your answer)?

Question 22

Have students develop a holistic and an analytic scoring rubric for one of the portfolio items they selected in activity #1.Students may complete this activity individually or in small groups.Collect the rubrics,review them,and provide the students with feedback about their scoring protocols.

Question 23

What are the strengths of the instrument?

Question 24

Describe the technical qualities (e.g.validity,reliability,norms)

Question 25

Have students work in small,cooperative learning groups to design a portfolio system intended to display progress during one school term.The directions for the activity appear below.

Question 26

Are the administration procedures well-designed and easy to follow?

Question 27

State the purpose

Question 28

List the learning areas (subtests)addressed

Question 29

Describe the age range

Question 30

Describe the examiner qualifications

Question 31

What is the approximate administration and scoring time?

Question 32

Is the instrument suitable (or can it be adapted)for use with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds?

Question 33

Are the scoring procedures well designed and easy to follow?

Question 34

Does the instrument display any weaknesses?

Question 35

List the available scores

Question 36

Is the instrument designed or can it be adapted for use with children who have disabilities?

Question 37

Have students discuss the problem of reliability with portfolio assessment and develop strategies for improving the reliability of portfolio assessments.

Question 38

Have students identify four portfolio items they would most likely include in student portfolios.Have students compare their selections,identify which items were selected most and least frequently,and discuss the reasons for the frequently selected items.