Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Portfolios
Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Portfolios
Bibliography of Assessment Alternatives: Portfolios
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Adams, Dennis, and Mary Hamm. Portfolio <strong>Assessment</strong> and Social Studies: Collecting,<br />
Selecting, and Reflecting on What Is Significant. Located in: Social Education 56,<br />
February 1992, pp. 103-105.<br />
This is a general orientation to portfolios and includes a general rationale for the use <strong>of</strong><br />
portfolios in social studies, types <strong>of</strong> items that might be included in such portfolios, various<br />
purposes for such portfolios and how this might affect content, types <strong>of</strong> containers for<br />
portfolios, and a short list <strong>of</strong> what might be included in a "teaching portfolio" to help teachers<br />
self-reflect.<br />
(AL# 700.6PORASS)<br />
Ames, Cheryl K. Self-Reflection: Supporting Students in Evaluating Themselves as Readers,<br />
1992. Available from: Beaverton School District, PO Box 200, Beaverton, OR 97075,<br />
(503) 591-8000, fax (503) 591-4415.<br />
The author discusses high school student self-reflection in reading—its importance and how<br />
to promote it in students. Samples <strong>of</strong> student self-reflection are included.<br />
(AL# 440.6SELRES)<br />
Ames, Cheryl K. and Hilary Sumner. Supporting At-Risk Students in Revaluing Themselves<br />
Through Self-Reflection. Available from: Beaverton School District, PO Box 200,<br />
Beaverton, OR 97075, (503) 591-8000, fax (503) 591-4415.<br />
This is a paper presented at the Northwest Evaluation Association Fifth Annual October<br />
Institute, October 21, 1992. This document is a series <strong>of</strong> detailed overheads from a<br />
presentation that provide a nice summary <strong>of</strong> the major considerations in portfolios, focusing<br />
on student self-reflection and control over the portfolio as the key to success. The document<br />
includes help on how to promote student self-reflection, and a developmental continuum for<br />
self-reflection.<br />
(AL# 150.6SUPATR)<br />
Arter, Judith A. Integrating <strong>Assessment</strong> and Instruction, 1994. Available from: Northwest<br />
Regional Educational Laboratory, 101 SW Main, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204,<br />
(503) 275-9582, fax (503) 503) 275-9489.<br />
This paper discusses how, if designed properly, performance assessments (including<br />
porfolios) can be used as tools for learning in the classroom as well as tools for monitoring<br />
student progress.<br />
(AL# 150.6INTASI)<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> Resource Library, (503) 275-9582 1 Portfolio <strong>Bibliography</strong><br />
(formerly Test Center) NWREL, December 1996
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