Portfolio and performance assessment in teacher education / Dorothy M. Campbell ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, Dorothy M.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portfolios in education.

Teachers--Rating of.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of.

Physical Description:

xiv, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [2000]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Gaining and Communicating a Vision 1

Changing Expectations for Teachers 1

The Vision: A Focus on Product 2

Communicating the Vision 9

2 Guidelines for Portfolio Development 17

Rationale for Portfolio Development 17

Explanation of Standards 18

List of Artifact Possibilities 18

Description of the Organization System 21

Cover Sheets and Rationale 22

3 Ensuring Quality in Student Learning Through Performance Assessments and Rubrics 25

Functions of Performance Assessments 27

Types of Performance Assessments 34

How Performance Assessments Maintain Quality 35

How Rubrics Maintain Quality 44

4 Supporting Students as They Document Their Learning 49

Why a Support System Is Necessary 49

What Is Needed for Support 50

5 Assessing Program Quality 77

Program Accreditation: Changing Paradigms 78

Collecting Data for Program Assessment 80

6 Learning As We Go: Continuing the Work of Program Self-Evaluation 97

The Whole Picture 98

Tackling the Tough Challenges 101

The Picture of Our Future 105

Appendix A Artifacts Checklist 109

Appendix B Artifacts Possibilities 112

Appendix C Rubrics to Use in a Portfolio Checkpoint System 128

Appendix D Self-Assessment Sorting Exercise for Determining Values in Teaching 134

Appendix E Transcript of a Sample Junior Checkpoint Conference 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0205308503

OCLC:

41299220