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Download full textFarr, Roger; Greene, Beth – 1993
This paper consists of some preliminary tips for teachers on how to hold portfolio conferences followed by 25 specific suggestions presented in the right hand column of a chart; the left-hand column contains related comments under the heading of "General Organizational Structure." A variety of portfolio conferences can be conducted in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Farr, Roger – 1991
To serve the function of assessment, the language arts portfolio should be a record of a student's literacy development--a kind of window on the skills and strategies the student uses in reading and writing. Portfolio collections can form the foundation for teacher-student conferences, a vital component of portfolio assessment. The use of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Integrated Curriculum
Farr, Roger; Tone, Bruce – 1998
Continuing to respond to the increasing demand for the assessment of authentic language use, this book emphasizes that portfolios must first be useful and successful as part of instruction before they can be used effectively for assessment. Portfolios are presented as "working," not "show" portfolios, to promote the student's involvement in…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Performance Based Assessment
Farr, Roger; Tone, Bruce – 1994
Pressed by the vise created by the "era of accountability" and evolving theory which emphasizes constructing meaning and problem solving, educators have become more articulate about defending the classroom impact of new theory. Assessment in the classroom is following contemporary descriptions of learning, thinking, and language use as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Farr, Roger; Tone, Bruce – 1994
Responding to the increasing demand for the assessment of authentic language use, this book emphasizes that portfolios must first be useful and successful as part of instruction before they can be used effectively for assessment. Portfolios are presented in the book as working (not "show" portfolios) to promote the student's involvement…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Farr, Roger; Tone, Bruce – 1994
The increased classroom application of the perspective that defines and applies a description of learning, thinking, and language use as "processes"--or even one inseparable process--has the potential to make the 1990s another exciting decade for education. Accruing theory that stresses process and integration recommends instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Farr, Roger; Greene, Beth G. – Chalkboard, 1994
The Indiana State Assessment System, new for the 1995-96 school year, will emphasize student-constructed answers in both language arts and mathematics in grades 3, 4, 8, 10, and 12. Optional classroom performance assessments will be available for grades 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 11. Local diagnostic tests will be available at the same grades as the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts, Mathematics
