Assessing the portfolio principles for practice, theory and research

Abstract

This volume deals comprehensively and systematically with the subject of portfolio-based writing assessment. This single source fully explores the theory behind using portfolios in a writing program as well as information about what portfolios are, what advantages they hold for assessment purposes, and what effects they can have on a writing program. The book provides a more comprehensive look at what portfolio assessment has become and can become, focusing not on an individual program, but on the full spectrum of portfolio assessment as it has evolved so far.