Getting credit for what you already know. It's often called "Credit for Prior Learning or Credit for Life Experience," or something similar. You prepare, with the assistance of college staff, a portfolio that presents your experiences, learning that has resulted, and evidence or documentation that you've learned these things. Includes such things as work experience (paid or volunteer), community activities, hobbies, travel, independent study and formal training not taken in college.

An organized collection or documentation of student-generated or student-focused work typically depicting the range of individual student skills.

a great tool for a classroom teacher to use with children, but as a state assessment mechanism it's very cumbersome and difficult to administer

A type of performance assessment that requires students, teachers, parents, and community employers to reflect upon overall student outcomes through portfolios. The portfolio showcases a student's best work or work in progress, producing a record of mastery or a movement toward mastery over time.

Where students select from amongst their work to provide evidence that matches the learning spelt out in the ILOs. A limit needs to be placed on the number/extent of items. Usually the student is required to justify the items selected stating why each item is evidence of relevant learning.

A type of direct measure, a performance measure, in which students' assignments are carefully reviewed for evidence of desired learning outcomes. The portfolios contain work selected over a period of time, with materials added as the student progresses through the course/program. In addition, the portfolios usually include students' reflective learning/outcome analysis statements. (Lyons, 1998)

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Portfolio Assessment is a process that enables students to effectively document prior non-traditional learning acquired through employment, self-study, volunteer work, civic activities, etc. in order to demonstrate that they have acquired college-level skills directly related to courses in their learning program. It is possible for students to earn up to 15 credits through portfolio assessment. Interested students should consult with an advisor for more information.

student prepares a portfolio which is assessed by faculty to determine if credit should be awarded for a specific course or program.

An approach to measuring a collection of digital resources used to evaluate student learning. It may be a paper portfolio or an electronic portfolio.

The analysis of student work samples, self-evaluations, and other materials assembled in portfolios to document student progress over time.

An assessment alternative in which actual student work, and typically student self-reflections, are reviewed according to established criteria to determine the level of performance or progress toward the attainment of standards. Student involvement in content selection and criteria setting is often a part of the assessment process. (SCASS)

The careful examination of portfolios of student work to help students, teachers, parents, and possibly other audiences understand students' work and achievements.

An assessment process based on the collection of student work (e.g., writing assignments, drafts, artwork, etc.) that represents skill competencies, exemplary work, or the student's developmental progress.

An assessment process that is based on the collection of student work (such as written assignments, drafts, artwork, and presentations) that represents competencies, exemplary work, or the student's developmental progress.

A collection of student products used to demonstrate and measure achievement, abilities, and talents, often toward the purpose of placing the student in a gifted program or evaluating work done in a gifted program.

A portfolio is collection of work, usually drawn from students' classroom work. A portfolio becomes a portfolio assessment when (1) the assessment purpose is defined; (2) criteria or methods are made clear for determining what is put into the portfolio, by whom, and when; and (3) criteria for assessing either the collection or individual pieces of work are identified and used to make judgments about performance. Portfolios can be designed to assess student progress, effort, and/or achievement, and encourage students to reflect on their learning.

Assessment that is based on a collection of student work (see portfolio), measuring student progress in a variety of skills in one class or over the course of a school year. ( learn more)