End Of Year Evaluations: Portfolios and Assessments Resources
Resources for the homeschooler on end of the year assessments and portfolios.
Creating, Maintaining and Presenting a Homeschool Portfolio
Toolkit98 is designed to assist classroom teachers to become better assessors of student learning. The primary users of Toolkit98 are intended to be those who have the responsibility to coordinate and facilitate professional development in assessment for teachers.
Preparing a Homeschool Portfolio
A portfolio is a viable method to assess, both continually and annually, a student’s academic progress. This approach helps both parent and student compare work objectively during the school year.
Creating, Maintaining and Presenting a Homeschool Portfolio
Homeschool portfolios are an important and convenient method of recording homeschool progress and organizing information. This article will assist you in creating, maintaining and presenting your homeschool portfolio for assessment, evaluation and review.
Recordkeeping: Portfolio & Grades
Why a Portfolio? A portfolio requires extra time to put together each year, but it’s well worth the effort. Not only will you enjoy looking through old portfolios and reminiscing about the activities and school work in which your children were involved, but some colleges prefer portfolios over grades for homeschooled students. A portfolio is more relevant to homeschooling and is an excellent way of demonstrating the type of education your child has had and what resources were used in giving him or her that education.
Oh, how I dispised the record keeping and monthly reports! Even more, I loathed to give up original material my son had created to some bureaucrat who would not treasure these creations of my child.
Accountability and ownership are the hallmarks of this child centered approach to learning. By providing structure, Portfolio Assessment supports children’s interests while lending the objective validity necessary to bridge the gap between home and traditional education. It does so by focusing on children’s successes, on what they can do instead of what they can’t, on what they do know instead of what they don’t. Having a visible, tangible record of what they have accomplished gives children validation of their innate abilities and motivates them to accomplish more. By giving children control, Portfolio Assessment teaches them about their own strength and power.
A portfolio is a collection of student work. Compiled from representative selections based upon specific criteria, a portfolio provides tangible evidence of student growth and achievement. It exhibits progress over a period of time and can provide opportunity for student self-reflection and goal-setting. Portfolios may also give teachers the opportunity to assess their instructional effectiveness.
Free Printable Forms to Print or Download
CHASE SC Free Forms for Homeschoolers: Evaluations/Assessments (some forms may no longer be available)
Donna Young: Homeschool Portfolio
The Homeschool Mom: Homeschooling Planner
Heritage Highland Forms: Teacher Planning and Organizing Forms
Free Record Keeping Software Reviews
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