1st Edition
Writing Portfolios in the Classroom Policy and Practice, Promise and Peril
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume presents chapters by researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who study the impact of classroom portfolios in the assessment of writing achievement by elementary and middle grade students. The focus throughout the volume is on the tension between classroom assessment and externally mandated testing. It presents the efforts of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Authentic Assessment of Classroom Writing. R.C. Calfee, S.W. Freedman, Classroom Writing Portfolios: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue. J.L. Herman, M. Gearhart, P.R. Aschbacher, Portfolios for Classroom Assessment: Design and Implementation Issues. Part II: Guideposts from Research. R.C. Calfee, P. Perfumo, A National Survey of Writing Portfolio Practice: What We Learned and What It Means. K.B. Yancey, Dialogue, Interplay, and Discovery: Mapping the Role and the Rhetoric of Reflection in Portfolio Assessment. S. Murphy, R. Camp, Moving Toward Systemic Coherence: A Discussion of Conflicting Perspectives on Portfolio Assessment. M. Myers, Sailing Ships: A Framework for Portfolios in Formative and Summative Systems. S.L. Jordan, A.C. Purves, The Metaphor of the Portfolio and the Metaphors in Portfolios: The Relation of Classroom-Based to Large-Scale Assessment. J.M. Wile, R.J. Tierney, Tensions in Assessment: The Battle Over Portfolios, Curriculum, and Control. Part III: The View from the Field. P. Perfumo, Video Visits: A Practical Approach for Studying Portfolios. M. Klimenkov, N. LaPick, Promoting Student Self-Assessment Through Portfolios, Student-Facilitated Conferences, and Cross-Age Interaction. N. Koelsch, E. Trumbull, Portfolios: Bridging Cultural and Linguistic Worlds. M.A. Barr, P.J. Hallam, Teacher Parity in Assessment with the California Learning Record. S.C. Biggam, N. Teitelbaum, Profiles and Portfolios: Helping Primary-Level Teachers See the Big Picture. C.M. McCabe, Restructuring Student Assessment and Living to Tell About It. Part IV: The Potential of Writing Portfolios. P.A. Belanoff, Portfolios: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful.
Biography
Robert Calfee, Pamela Perfumo
