Key Terms

Portfolio

A purposeful collection of a child’s work that can be used to document the child’s efforts, progress, and achievements over time. Portfolios are open ended and flexible. The content of the portfolio depends on educational goals and purposes and can include a variety of the child’s work as well as teacher and parent observations.

Portfolio assessment

Use of a portfolio to assess a child’s progress over time. An important aspect of portfolio assessment is that the child participates in the selection and evaluation of the content.