Johnson teaches English at Middle Vale High School,. The school boasts an impressive statistic that over 80% of its graduates attend four-year colleges. Because instruction is highly standards-based, and the students are frequently asked to prove their abilities to learn the information instructed on assessments, he wonders if students are getting a chance to create original work. Mr. Johnson believes that a key to success in post-secondary education is the ability to write originally and so he assigns such opportunities. To assess his student's ability to do original work, which of the following would be the most appropriate type of assessment?

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Portfolio-based Assessment. A portfolio-based assessment would allow students to create their own pieces of work that would be presented through a portfolio. It would collect samples that the students and teacher chose, in this case, assignments that call on students to write original statements.

Johnson Teaches English at Middle Vale High School