Developing portfolios for authentic assessment, PreK-3 : guiding potential in young learners /: guiding potential in young learners. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bertie Kingore.
• Other Names: Kingore, Bertie W
• Contents: Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1. Assessing Young Children; Authentic Assessment Goals; What Is the Value of a Portfolio?; Research Related to Portfolios and Assessment; Assessment Terms and Explanations; 2. Putting Portfolios Into Action; What Is a Portfolio?; Portfolio Objectives; Planning a Sequence for Implementing Portfolios; 3. Child-Involved Portfolio Management; Introducing the Process to Young Children; Materials; Organizing the Process; Reflection as a Teacher-Directed Learning Task; Size of a Portfolio; Who Selects the Products?; Increasing Children's Role in Selection and Reflection; A Portfolio Center; Words of Experience; 4. Products That Impact Assessment; Product Criteria; Open-Ended and Single-Correct-Answer Products; Portfolio Products; 5. Techniques to Document Achievement; Learning Logs; Repeated Tasks That Emphasize Skill Development; Skill Captions; Analytical Observation; Rubrics for Young Children; To Grade or Not to Grade; 6. Communication With Parents; Parents Communicating With Teachers; Parent-Teacher Conferences; Children Communicating With Parents; Teachers Communicating With Parents; 7. End of the Year; Reflection of the Assessment Process; Products to Guide the Next Teacher; Publishing the Yearly Portfolio Books; Celebrating the Published Portfolio Books; Appendix: Stationary Templates; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (152 pages)
• Subjects: 372.126; Portfolios in education -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452294803; 1452294801
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