Our school is a very unique place in that it seeks to evaluate students based on the on-going work and progress of each individual student. We do this kind of evaluation based on a portfolio.
A portfolio is a self-selected selection of your work... you can choose pieces for different reasons...
read more about them here:
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/assess6.html
some useful info for parents:
http://ag.arizona.edu/fcs/cyfernet/cyfar/Portfo~3.htm
essential elements of portfolio:
http://www.anglit.net/main/portfolio/default.html#essential
By the end of the year you will have amassed a great deal of work, but as we move through each trimester, you will need to be able to show progress in your portfolio so that we can assess where you are.
More of about this will be discussed in class.
1 comment:
Post a Comment