1. Student Portfolios
We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” – John Dewey

2. What is a Student Portfolio ?
A student portfolio is a systematic collection of student work and related material that depicts a student's activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or more school subjects.

3. Use of a Student’s Portfolio
Teachers use portfolios to help students identify learning goals, document progress over time, and demonstrate learning mastery.

4. Broadly Portfolios can be divided into two types.
Types of Portfolios
Broadly Portfolios can be divided into two types.
1. Process Portfolio
2. Product Portfolio

5. 1. Process Portfolio
A Process Portfolio documents the stages of learning and provides a progressive record of student growth.
In general, teachers prefer to use process portfolios because they are ideal for documenting the stages that students go through as they learn and progress.

6. 2. Product Portfolio
A Product Portfolio demonstrates mastery of a learning task or a set of learning objectives and contains only the best work.

7. The Portfolios can be further divided into different types based on the material & maintenance.
Personal Portfolios
Working Portfolios
Record Keeping Portfolio
Group Portfolios
Thematic Portfolios
Integrated Portfolios
Showcase Portfolios
Electronic Portfolios
Multiyear Portfolios

8. Systematic compilation of students work samples periodically.
Personal Portfolios
It should contain pictures, awards and other memorable events, interests & hobbies etc.
Working Portfolios
Systematic compilation of students work samples periodically.
Record Keeping Portfolio
Usually kept by teachers, contains necessary assessment samples.

9. Integrated Portfolios
Group Portfolios
Samples of group work done by the students.
Thematic Portfolios
Based on a particular topic, concept or unit that may last up to 2-6 weeks.
Integrated Portfolios
Multi disciplinary in nature, integrated material of different subjects is maintained.

10. Record of students’ Progress over the years.
Showcase Portfolios
Students best work samples of scholastic and co-scholastic areas in a particular year are included.
Electronic Portfolios
Software database on information in the form of text, graphics, sounds, videos etc..
Multiyear Portfolios
Record of students’ Progress over the years.

11. Steps in a Portfolio Assessment Process
First, the teacher and the student need to clearly identify the portfolio contents, which are samples of student work, reflections, teacher observations, and conference records.
Second, the teacher should develop evaluation procedures for keeping track of the portfolio contents and for grading the portfolio.
Third, the teacher needs a plan for holding portfolio conferences, which are formal and informal meetings in which students review their work and discuss their progress. 

12. Advantages of Portfolio Assessment
Promoting student self-evaluation, reflection, and critical thinking.
Measuring performance based on genuine samples of student work.
Providing flexibility in measuring how students accomplish their learning goals.
Enabling teachers and students to share the responsibility for setting learning goals and for evaluating progress toward meeting those goals.
Giving students the opportunity to have extensive input into the learning process.

13. Advantages of Portfolio Assessment
Facilitating cooperative learning activities, including peer evaluation and tutoring, cooperative learning groups, and peer conferencing.
Providing a process for structuring learning in stages.
Providing opportunities for students and teachers to discuss learning goals and the progress toward those goals in structured and unstructured conferences.
Enabling measurement of multiple dimensions of student progress by including different types of data and materials.

14. A suggested model of Student Portfolio
Cover Page

15. Portfolio contents Personal biodata:-
Contains Child’s name, date of birth, parents’ name, address, blood-group, parents’ occupation and contact number etc..
Their interests and hobbies:-
Contain a record of their interest in singing, playing games, drawing and painting etc
Best art and craft work:-
Contains their best drawing clips and craft and collage works.
Drawings of story they have heard:-
Draw or sketch animal or characters in the story they heard.

16. Descriptive sentences :-
Samples of hand written copies, description of events or festivals or story.
Spelling checks:-
Solving puzzles for spell check, sample of dictation tests.
Health records:-
Medical records two in every year can be recorded.
Questions from story telling :-
Answering questions for the story the child has heard in the class.

17. Maths lab activities:-
Things prepared under maths lab activities in class can be stored.
CCA samples:-
Records and photo clips of CCA activities, participation in assembly programs.
Worksheets ,Activity sheets and other records:-
Worksheets, activity sheets, classtests,pen-paper tests can be recorded.

18. Portfolio Checklist ASPECT DETAILS REMARKS OUTER COVER Title
Subject(s)
Name of the student
Name of the Teacher
Any folder sufficiently strong to withstand the wear and tear of regular use for a year or more .
A binder with rings is ideal for students to work easily
INNER COVER
Index- sl no/ date/ article/page numbers/ Teacher Remarks
A wide column for the Teacher to write descriptive remarks is suggested
SEPARATORS
File separators with indexing codes
Separators may used if the student maintains one portfolio for two or more scholastic areas.

19. Portfolio Checklist ASPECT DETAILS REMARKS PRODUCTS/ ARTICFACTS/ NOTES
Multidimensional and many different types
Each product to be accompanied by a reflection statement by the student assessment of the sample’s value or purpose, What the student has learned
ASSESSMENT
Criteria for the assessment of
the portfolio
-- Criteria for each product in the portfolio
Criteria for selection of best work
Grading periodicity
Suggestions-continuity, organization, presentation
Suggestions- Criteria for selection, date/title/lesson
Relevance in terms of learning objectives
Child centred/ original / demonstrating learning / achievement/ creative or critical thinking/ problem solving / interpretation/ analysis etc.
( process skills)
Weekly / fortnightly/ monthly/ no bag day etc. The criteria and periodicity should be informed to the students. It may after completion or during the process of student work