PIPPIN PUBLISHING

WRITING PORTFOLIOS: A BRIDGE FROM TEACHING TO ASSESSMENT

ISBN: 0-88751-044-2    View Graphical Site    Go Back

Descript:
Sandra Murphy and Mary Ann Smith explain how preparing writing portfolios can successfully bridge the gap between the teaching and assessment of writing by students. Their description of what's involved  -  from deciding on purposes, to making the selections, to developing evaluation criteria  -   focuses on writing as a process, and emphasizes the importance of encouraging students to become active partners in fostering their own growth as fluent writers. Bibliography included.

Includes 6 halftones.

Audience: Teachers, and some parents, of students aged 12 and over.

Paperback  6" x 9"

Table of contents:
 Preface

What Are Portfolios - and Why Bother?
  The Problem with Traditional Testing
  Decisions about Portfolios

What Are the Purposes of Portfolio Assessment?
  Why Is Purpose Important?
  How Do Purposes Affect Classrooms?
  What Classroom Practices Are Essential to Any Purpose?
  Deciding on Purposes: Issues and Concerns

What Goes into Portfolios?
  How Does Purpose Affect Portfolio Contents?
  What Are Some Options for Selecting Portfolio Contents?
  How Can Portfolios Include a Wide Variety of Writing?
  How Can Portfolios Show Writing Processes?
  What Should Students Know about Assembling Contents?
  Can Students Include Out-of-Class Writing in Portfolios?
  Deciding on Contents: Issues and Concerns

What Can Students Learn from Reflecting?
  How Can Teachers Encourage Reflection?
  What Do Reflections Tell Teachers?
  Student Reflection: Issues and Concerns

When Folders Are Filled - What Next?
  The Value of Analysis
  Criteria for Evaluating Portfolios
  Interviewing Students about Portfolios
  Evaluation: Issues and Concerns

Do Portfolios Have a Life beyond the Classroom?
  Letting Others Know: How Can Results Be Reported?
  Why Make Portfolios Public?
  A Movable Feast: Can Portfolios Be Flexible?
  The Not-Quite-the-Last Word

Bibliography