¿Por qué un portafolio?
This year in Spanish, we will submit a digital portfolio each quarter in order to demonstrate improvement in the areas of speaking, writing, listening and reading in Spanish. A portfolio is a purposeful, systematic collection of your work in this class. A portfolio is useful in that it gives you an opportunity to show growth throughout the year in your own individual way, rather than evaluating solely on your exam performances. Below are some of the benefits of a portfolio evaluation:
- You have a choice in what you select to include in your portfolio and a chance to revise, improve, evaluate and explain the contents.
- Your portfolio allows you to personalize your assessment and showcase your strengths whether in writing, speaking, grammar or creativity in all of the above.
- Portfolio assessment allows you to view your progress in certain areas and work on both strengths and weaknesses.
- Overall it is a fairer assessment of your class effort, progress and achievement.