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July 22, 2005
Accountability and Portfolios
In her E-Portfolios for Learning, Helen Barrett posted a message on 5/23/05 titled Accountability and Portfolios in which she clearly expresses her fears that ePortfolios could be corrupted by "high stakes accountability" - saying "In the drive to use portfolios as assessment OF learning, we are in danger of losing the power of portfolios to support reflection and assessment FOR learning."
As the Illinois Online Network prepares to implement ePortfolios for the Master Online Teacher certificate in the MVCR program, I want to be sure we are mindful of this issue. ION (luckily) does not have to prepare for a NCATE review or a NCA audit required of many of the institutions we work with, but I imagine we could easily fall into the trap of using the ePortfolio for the assessment OF learning rather than the assessment FOR learning. In order to prevent this from occuring, we need to be very clear about the goals and purposes of the ION ePortfolio.
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