Assessment Standards for portfolios, scrapbooks, journals
and other creative, non-traditional assignments

(Depending on assignment/project, some content areas may not apply)

Points/grade

Content

4/A
  • Meets or exceeds required quantity of artifacts
  • Artifacts are creatively presented and well organized
  • Shows significant level of meaningful reflection
  • Shows an obvious investment of time and effort
  • Provides strong evidence of self-assessment*
3/B
  • Meets required quantity of artifacts
  • Shows some creativity and adequate organization
  • Demonstrates some amount of meaningful reflection
  • Generally shows a good effort
  • Includes evidence of self-assessment*
2/C
  • Less than the required number of artifacts
  • Lacks creativity
  • Shows little reflection on items
  • Shows a limited effort
  • Offers some self-assessment*
1/D
  • Shows a poor effort to meet any of the requirements

*Self-assessment (if requested):

  • Submit written reflection about artifacts included and the process of producing finished product(s)

  • Explanation of how student has met course objectives, discussion of what student has learned in the course about the subject and his/herself.

  • Discuss your process of selecting, organizing, and integrating your experience in this class/assignment with existing knowledge - articulate, in your own words, how the new knowledge fits with existing knowledge. In general: construct deep explanations, justifications, and reasons for what you think and do.

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Created by Laura Ellen Shulman 
Last updated: June 2003