Portfolios

Education Opinion Richness And Rigor
Portfolios, not tests, accurately reflect students.
May 1, 2002
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3 min read
Education Constructive Criticism
The power of portfolios to teach. Also, slamming standards.
February 1, 2002
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6 min read
School & District Management Rural Schools Trying Out Portfolio Assessment
A group of rural educators says it wanted a new tool to help gain something many schools lack: the ability to examine their work more critically and professionally.
Alan Richard, October 31, 2001
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4 min read
Education Opinion Portfolio Folly
It's no secret that public schools today lack credibility. We sail from one fad to the next on a tidal wave of jargon, trailing the wreckage of our latest "instructional innovation" behind us, and then we wonder why regular people find it tough to believe we know what we're doing. Take portfolios, for instance. Here in Vermont they tell us we're "leading the nation." If so, the news isn't good for the rest of the country.
Peter N. Berger, January 14, 1998
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4 min read
Assessment States Turn to a Mix of Tests in Hopes of a Clearer Picture
When the state that pioneered portfolio assessments decided last fall to revamp its testing system, some educators and policymakers asked whether Vermont was backing away from what looked to be a promising, albeit challenging, method of gauging student performance.
Millicent Lawton, January 22, 1997
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6 min read
Assessment Vt. To Combine Standardized Tests With Portfolios
The state that pioneered the use of portfolios to assess student performance has decided to return standardized tests to the mix.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, December 4, 1996
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2 min read
Assessment Handling of Portfolios In College Admissions Stirs Host of Questions
New York

High school guidance counselors and college admissions officers acknowledged last week that they are struggling to keep admissions policies up to date with regard to alternative assessments and affirmative action.

Jeanne Ponessa, November 6, 1996
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3 min read
Assessment Opinion Assessment Reform at Crossroads
Across the nation, the movement for new forms of student assessment appears to have slowed and in some cases even reversed.
Monty Neill, February 28, 1996
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9 min read
Education Even as Popularity Soars, Portfolios Encounter Roadblocks
This is the second story in an occasional series that will examine trends in assessment and new ways of measuring what students know and are able to do.
Debra Viadero, April 5, 1995
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9 min read
Education NBPTS Assessments: The Portfolio Activities
Professional-Background Information
Candidate provides information to document participation in communities outside the classroom, with other professionals or students' families.
April 20, 1994
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4 min read
Education Putting Portfolios to the Test
Cross has kept folders of student writing for years. But now, for the first time, the Vermont Department of Education wants a peek.
Elizabeth Schulz, September 1, 1993
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31 min read
Education RAND Study Finds Serious Problems in Vt. Portfolio Program
A report analyzing Vermont's pioneering assessment system has found severe problems with it and raised serious questions about alternative forms of assessment.
Robert Rothman, December 16, 1992
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6 min read
Education Portfolios a 'Worthwhile Burden', Vt. Educators Say in Study
After the first year of full implementation of Vermont's pioneering portfolio assessment, state educators consider the program a "worthwhile burden,'' a preliminary study by the RAND Corporation has found.
Robert Rothman, September 9, 1992
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2 min read
Education Auditors Help Pittsburgh Make Sure Its Portfolio Assessment Measures Up
Pamela Dubos, the chairman of the English department at nearby Bethel Park High School, spent a day here this summer observing this district's new portfolio-assessment program.
Robert Rothman, August 5, 1992
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11 min read
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