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- Showing What They Know: Innovative Program Produces High Achievers
... spend the second half of the school year assembling a portfolio of their accomplishments in core academic subjects, as well as their ... and university and school faculty. While reviewing their portfolio with the panel, students also defend why they are ready to become ...
Article - - 7/1/2008
- The Power of Portfolios: A Positive Practice
... excellence along a six-point scale. At annual districtwide portfolio audits, portfolio samples are evaluated by teachers and administrators from different ...
Article - - 7/21/2008
- Learning Curves: Donald Trump
... program The Apprentice . Donald Trump portfolio: Trump.com Video: Appearance on the online ...
Article - - 6/9/2008
- Right of Passage: ROPE
... their performance. During the course, students assemble a portfolio of classroom work they began as early as the sixth grade and complete ...
Article - - 6/30/2008
- Authentic Assessment: New Ways to Measure Student Performance
From an Edutopia reader comes this question: "With so many of today's schools focused on state achievement tests, many teachers are 'teaching to the test.' However, this does not adequately prepare students for life outside of school. Does anyone h ...
Spiral Notebook - Anthony Cody - 8/7/2008
- Learning By the Numbers: The Answers Are in the Details
... session for educators on how to build a meaningful school portfolio. Credit: Eye on Education For two and a half weeks, the ... and to each other. What's Inside a School Portfolio The ideal school portfolio, says Bernhardt, includes data on ...
Article - - 6/2/2008
- Teachers, Like Students, Learn by Doing: Project Learning at Envision Schools
... an essay that could be used in a Lower Division Benchmark Portfolio or a Graduation Portfolio.) The teachers will then use the Oracle Education Foundation’s ...
Spiral Notebook - Bob Lenz - 8/20/2008
- A Remarkable Transformation: Union City Public Schools
VIDEO: Union City Public Schools: Taking Education Back Running Time: 10 min. In 1989, leaders of Union City Public Schools in New Jersey had a choice. They could continue the same unsuccessful programs that had led to the threat o ...
Article - - 8/1/2008
- Building a Better Teacher: Confronting the Crisis in Teacher Training
... the students teachers or interns. In such sites having a portfolio assessment may be better than a written checklist completed by ... a few meetings learning how to put together your BEST portfolio that will be scored by the state. In the second year, you develop ...
Article - - 8/20/2008
- Should the state require teacher certification for parents who homeschool their children?
... would not be able to afford the courses. Every year, a portfolio evaluation should be conducted by a state-certified teacher so see if ... and, now, West Virginia. Both require either testing or portfolio, which is reviewed and signed off by a certified teacher. I do ...
3/18/2008
