PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Please evaluate the portfolio according to the following criteria:
1. Assignments
1) Has the instructor provided copies of his or her instructions and/or assignment sheets with the portfolio? Y / N
2) Are the goals of the instructor's assignments clearly presented? Y / N
3) Do the assignments provide students with an appropriate amount of direction?
Y / N4) Do the assignments direct students away from truisms and point them towards in-depth investigations and analyses of their given topic? Y / N
5) If you answered "no" to question 2, 3 or 4, on the back of this form or on a separate sheet of paper please provide a brief description of the problem(s) and specific recommendations for improving the assignment's clarity and/or fit with course requirements.
2. Instructor’s Comments
1. Do the instructor's comments adequately identify the key weaknesses and strengths of the student’s work? Y / N
2. Are the instructor's comments clear and helpful? Y / N
3. Do you judge the instructor's comments to have generally aided the student in remedying his/her specific writing weaknesses and building on his/her specific writing strengths? Y / N
4. If you answered "no" to question 1, 2 or 3, on the back of this form or on a separate sheet of paper please provide a brief description of the problem(s) and specific recommendations for improving the instructor's comments.
3. Student Writing
Please evaluate the portfolio’s demonstration of the following critical writing skills using the following criteria:0 -----1 ------2 -----3 ------4 -----5 ------6 -----7 ------8 -----9----- 10
Completely --------------------Adequate--------------------------- Strong
Lacking -----------------------(“C”-level) ----------------------Throughout
1. Demonstrates techniques of exploration that generate ideas, feelings, facts, and details:
2. Raises questions to orient a process of inquiry:
3. Identifies a specific audience for each essay--a readership beyond the writer:
4. Selects for the adopted readership appropriate facts, details, ideas, and feelings:
5. Uses voice appropriate to subject and audience:
6. Formulates clear, demonstrable theses/focuses:
7. Organizes material into a coherent whole:
8. Begins papers effectively:
9. Concludes papers effectively:
10. Uses devices of transition to assist readers:
11. Uses self-analysis and the responses of others in revising the essay:
12. Adheres to the basic conventions of Edited American English:
13. Uses varied and mature sentence structure combinations:
14. Uses concise and appropriate diction:
15. For English 131 portfolios, ability to integrate outside sources--logically and stylistically--into an argument (including proper documentation of sources):4. Self-Reflection Essay
1. Is the student's self-reflection essay a well thought-out and comprehensive production of at least three pages in length? Y / N
2. Does the self-reflection essay include the following:
A. The reasons for including the essays? Y / N
B. A commentary on how the student views his/her growth as a writer? Y / N
C. A discussion of problems and successes the student has encountered during his/her studies in English? Y / N
5. Overall Evaluation
1. As you read through the earlier to the later essays, does the portfolio show increasing mastery of the critical reading, writing, and thinking skills that the English Department aspires to instill in its students?
2. Do the instructor's comments generally support the criteria listed in Section 3?
3. Are the grades appropriate to the writing competence evidenced in the portfolio?