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    Introduction: Why Another Book on Writing Portfolios?
    Chapter 1 What is a Portfolio? When Do You Need One? What Goes Into It? How do You Gather It? 1
    Showcase or Growth? 2
    Whose Interests? What Purposes? 2
    What We Chose to Put into the Portfolios 3
    Teacher Checklist for Gathering Student Writing Portfolios 5
    Gathering Portfolios for Review: An Example from First Grade 7
    Writing Portfolio, Rater Instructions 8
    Plans for Summer Assessment Process 9
    Collecting the Portfolio 10
    Chapter 2 Rating Portfolios and How They Show Growth at the End of the Year-Case Study of One Student 13
    Background 13
    Looking at One Student 14
    Our Terms and Definitions: A Closer Look at Michelle 19
    Writing: Terms and Definitions 20
    Working From an Analytical Scale 25
    Writing Portfolio Assessment Form 26
    First Grade Rating Values 27
    Postscript 29
    Chapter 3 Using Portfolios Diagnostically and How They Help With Teaching Decisions Day-by-Day: First Grade 31
    Jean's First Grade Classroom 31
    Using the Rating System to Become More Reflective in My Teaching: Background 31
    A View From the Portfolio: Whole Class 32
    Using Our Criteria to Develop a More Reflective View of Three Students 34
    Final Thoughts 39
    Chapter 4 Improving Our Teaching Through an End-of-Semester Review: Upper Elementary 41
    By Aaron Schippert and Alan Willoughby
    Why Rating Scales are Valuable for Teacher Growth 41
    How We Began Looking at Student Work 42
    Alan's Work with Third and Fourth Graders 44
    Third Grade Journey Sheet 46
    Aaron's Work with Fifth Graders 49
    Collecting and Evaluating Work 50
    Style and Voice 51
    Editing and Correctness 52
    Revision 54
    Connections to State Assessment 57
    Conclusion 59
    Chapter 5 Two Teachers Help Student Writers Reflect on Their Portfolios: What Do They See in High School? 61
    By Kathryn Bell and Liz Webb
    Work Together to Figure Out Solutions 61
    Seek the Help of Others 61
    Adapt Ideas to Your Own Situation 62
    Examine Traditional Practices 62
    Share the Secrets 62
    Articulate Beliefs 64
    Move to Best Practices 65
    Adapt the Descriptors 65
    Take the Plunge 65
    Network with Others 68
    Give Students Tools 68
    Start with a Pilot Study 68
    Help Students Learn From Each Other 70
    Teach Intentionally 71
    Encourage Risk-Taking 72
    Study the Completed Portfolio 73
    Use Student Reflection to Refine Instruction 73
    Look at Growth Over Time 74
    Let Writing Cool 75
    Connect Writers and Readers 76
    Reap the Benefits 77
    Continue to Learn 77
    Grow as Writers, Grow as People 78
    Chapter 6 Using Portfolio Criteria and Rating as a Basis for Helping Teachers Improve Their Practice: Professional Development 79
    Chapter 7 Why This Type of Assessment Work is Essential to Achieving Quality-Conclusion 87
    References 93
    Appendix A Rating Criteria Rubrics for Grades 1-12 95
    Teacher Checklist for Gathering Student Writing Portfolios 96
    Writing Portfolio Rater Instructions 97
    Plans for Summer Assessment Process 98
    Writing: Terms and Definitions 99
    Writing Portfolio Assessment Form 102
    First Grade Rating Values 103
    Second Grade Rating Values 104
    Third Grade Rating Values 105
    Fourth Grade Rating Values 106
    Fifth Grade Rating Values 107
    Sixth Grade Rating Values 108
    Seventh Grade Rating Values 109
    Eighth Grade Rating Values 110
    Ninth Grade Rating Values 111
    Tenth Grade Rating Values 112
    Eleventh Grade Rating Values 113
    Twelfth Grade Rating Values 114
    Appendix B Abstract of Report on Portfolio Assessment Project-
    First Year Results 115
    First Year Results 117
    Portfolio Assessment 117
    Design and Results of The Study 117
    Results on Student Growth by Grade Level 119
    Final Conclusions 121
    Appendix C Reading Portfolios: An Effective Means for Assessing Growth of Student Readers 123
    Overview 124
    Section 1: Terms and Rating Forms 126
    Reading: Terms and Definitions 126
    Reading Portfolio Assessment Form 129
    Teacher Checklist for
    Section 2: Reading Logs and Journals 133
    Draw a picture to show about your book. 133
    Characteristics of Intelligent Behaviors 136
    Reading Response Choices 137
    Index 139
    About the Authors 141
    Contributing Authors 141



THE PORTFOLIO GUIDEBOOK:
Implementing Quality in an Age of Standards

Richard Koch and Jean Schwartz Petterson

Using the comprehensive system presented here, you see how to purposefully gather and reflect on student portfolios. The authors then show how to validly and reliably rate them with statistical success that aligns successfully with more standardized measures as well as providing useful input into classroom instruction. The authors and their colleagues began with a need to determine what portfolios would be for them, and ended, over several years with the actual reliable ratings of portfolios across grades 1-12.

2000 140pp Paperbound ISBN 1-929024-01-0 (K-12) Order #3010 $9.95

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