The Advantages of Portfolio Assessment Techniques
The portfolio is a tool to showcase student talents and as such portfolios are collections of student work. These collections can be from one class or many. There are many advantages to using portfolio assessment techniques. Portfolios enhance parent and teacher communication, they put an emphasis on the learning process as well as the content, and grades are based on actual work instead of multiple-choice and essay tests.The collection shows student progress, activities and achievement. Communication With Parents Portfolios are effective tools to use for parent communication. During conference time, a portfolio shows families exactly what the student is working on and also the process of the work. A portfolio makes a much more personal presentation of what the student spends time on at school. The portfolio is graded using a scoring guide that the parent can easily understand. If the teacher does not use a scoring guide, as with younger grades, it is still an effective way to disp