Transcript Capstone Seminar: Day 1

Using a Standards-Based
Portfolio as a Formative and
Summative Assessment Tool
Presented by
Dr. Deborah Schussler
Education and Human Services
Purposes
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Introduction to standards-based
portfolios.
Use of portfolios as means of
formative assessment.
Use of portfolios as means of
summative assessment.
Portfolio Defined
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According to Dr. Helen C. Barrett “an
educational portfolio contains work
that a learner has selected and
collected to show growth and change
over time; a critical component of an
educational portfolio is the learners
reflection on the individual pieces of
work as well as an overall reflection
on the story that the portfolio should
tell”.
Standards Based Portfolios
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All teacher education candidates
develop an electronic portfolio
which demonstrates their
achievement and growth in each
of the 10 core INTASC
principles for beginning
teachers.
INTASC Standards in brief
1
2
3
4
5
Content
Learning
Diversity
Instruction
Learning
Environment
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Communication
Planning
Assessment
Reflection
Community
For a complete description, go to:
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Interstate_New_Teacher_Ass
essment_and_Support_Consortium/Projects/Standards_De
velopment/
How this works
programmatically
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Introduction/ acclimation to the
standards early in the program
Case study of teachers
 Dissection of standards
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Reference standards throughout
program (assignments, etc.)
Capstone activity based on
standards
One of our goals
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Beginning teachers as
Reflective Practitioners
Systematically and thoughtfully
consider achievement and
growth across the standards.
“We all acknowledge, in words at least, that ability
to think is highly important; … it emancipates us
from merely impulsive and merely routine
activity. Put in positive terms, thinking enables
us to direct our activities with foresight and to
plan according to ends-in-view, or purposes of
which we are aware. It enables us to act in
deliberate and intentional fashion to attain future
objects or to come into command of what is now
distant and lacking…. It enables us to know what
we are about when we act. It converts action
that is merely appetitive, blind, and impulsive
into intelligent action.”
Dewey, J. (1964). Why reflective thinking must be an educational aim. In R. D.
Archambault (Ed.), John Dewey on education: Selected writings (pp. 212-228). New
York: The Modern Library
Why is Reflection Important?
Some Terms
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Artifact – any kind of evidence
that demonstrates achievement
or growth of a standard.
Reflection – a thoughtful
rationale for the artifact and why
it is included.
Philosophy Statement – a
concise yet thorough statement
of beliefs and values concerning
teaching and learning.
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Resource (Working) Portfolio
A collection of unabridged
documents, like entire reflective
journals or unit plans, that you will
gather as you progress through
your teacher education program
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Presentation Portfolio
A coherent, easy-to-navigate
expression of your professional
competence
Formative Assessment
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Assessment used to determine
what students have learned in
order to plan future instruction;
diagnostic; in progress.
Developmental and sequential
Checkpoints
Directed Response Portfolio
(DRF) - TaskStream
Summative Assessment
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Assessment used to evaluate
and document what students
have learned; evaluative; final.
Presentation Portfolio
Presentation Portfolio
Requirements
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Teaching philosophy
Artifacts and Reflections for 10
INTASC principles
Social justice
Resume
Alignment
Artifacts
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Types of documents
Word documents, video clips (of your
teaching), sound bytes, pdf files,
spreadsheets, databases, JPEG/GIF
images
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Kinds of evidence
Assignments from coursework,
examples of lesson plans/ observations
used in field experiences, clip of
teaching, examples of student work,
things that demonstrate other talents
(coaching, theatre, music, etc.)
Resources
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TaskStream software
FrontPage
www.homepage.villanova.edu/d
eborah.schussler/portfolio_links.
htm
Examples of Student
Portfolios
Go to my homepage
www.homepage.villanova.edu/deborah.
schussler/portfolio_links.htm
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The first four are my students. Jill and
Lindsay used TaskStream. Erica and
Liz used FrontPage.
Rubric to Assess
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http://www10.homepage.villanov
a.edu/deborah.schussler/EDU%
204292/Portfolio_Scoring_Rubri
c.htm
Questions??