We've made it to Week 3 dealing with the topic of Action Research. I think I know what it is what to do and now the work begins. As I considered my topic question and did the reading I realized with even more clarity how much I would appreciate feed back on my topic and 'wonderings'. So here goes. The following is the rationale for my inquiry and the question. Please feel free to comment and question me.
Portfolios look beneath the surface and provide evidence of what students think, how they think, what they value, and who they are. When used appropriately, portfolios provide a comprehensive tool for documenting student growth, efforts, and achievements. The use of portfolios will improve reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning skills necessary for technology rich work environments. The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Technology expect students to be able to select representative products to be collected and stored in an electronic evaluation tool; and evaluate selected products for relevance to the assignment or task.
Essential Question: How can we use digital portfolios to document and assess student growth, efforts and achievement? How will we prepare to develop and assess the portfolios?
Bonnie,
ReplyDeleteYour essential questions are valid and provide cause for leaders on your campus or in your system to examine assessment at all levels. Many districts use state mandated testing (TEKS) as the determining factor as to student progress. But we know that the formative assessment done many times in digital portfolios provide a more realistic picture of the real progress of a student. Many times, it is teachers that begin these conversations questioning assessment practices that result in school improvement!
Dr. Abshire