Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Portfolios

• A complete set of instructions for administering structured writing assessments
• A set of letters from first and second graders, describing what they learned in a year in
school
(AL# 400.3JUNINL4) (1993 edition) (AL# 400.3LANARI) (1995 edition)
Campbell, Linda, Bruce Campbell, and Dee Dickinson. Teaching and Learning Through
Multiple Intelligences, 1996. Available from: Allyn & Bacon, 111 Tenth St.,
Des Moines, IA 50309, (515) 284-6751, (800) 278-3525.
This book describes Howard Gardner's "seven intelligences," provides checklists for
identifying students' dominant intelligences and working styles, describes how to set-up a
learning environment that stresses each intelligence, demonstrates instructing students
through their strengths, provides instructional activities that foster the development of various
intelligences, discusses designing assessments that allow different ways for students to
demonstrate their achievement, and outlines the use of portfolios.
The section on assessment stresses the design of performance tasks to accommodate different
intelligences. No performance criteria or technical information is provided. Some samples
of student work are included.
(AL# 000.6TEAALE)
Carr, Barbara. Portfolios: A Mini-Guide. Located in: School Arts 86, March 1987,
pp. 55-56.
This short paper provides help on how to begin art portfolios with students. Her suggestions
include: work as a team, let students put in anything they want, revise the content on a
regular basis, organize work into categories, select the best work from each category and use
it as a standard, show off both strengths and versatility, package it well.
(AL# 810.6PORFOL)
Case, Susan H. Will Mandating Portfolios Undermine Their Value? Located in:
Educational Leadership, October 1994, pp. 46-47.
The author discusses whether the use of portfolios for external accountability will interfere
with their use as instructional tools in the classroom.
(AL# 150.6WILMAP)
Cerbin, William. Connecting Assessment of Learning to Improvement of Teaching Through
the Course Portfolio. Located in: Assessment Update 7, January-February 1995,
pp. 4-6.
Assessment Resource Library, (503) 275-9582 15 Portfolio Bibliography
(formerly Test Center) NWREL, December 1996