All chapters conclude with “Conclusion.”

1. Gaining and Communicating a Vision.
Changing Expectations for Teachers.
The Vision: A Focus on Product.
Communicating the Vision.

2. Publishing Guidelines for Portfolio Development.
Rationale for Portfolio Development.
Explanation of Standards.
List of Artifact Possibilities.
Description of the Organization System.
Cover Sheets and Rationale.

3. Ensuring Quality in Student Learning Through Performance Assessments and Rubrics.
Functions of Performance Assessments.
Types of Performance Assessments.
How Performance Assessments Maintain Quality.
How Rubrics Help to Maintain Quality.

4. Supporting Students as They Document Their Learning.
Why a Support System Is Necessary.
What Is Needed for Support.

5. Assessing Program Quality.
Program Accreditation: Changing Paradigms.
Collecting Data for Program Assessment.
Performance Assessment Curriculum Mapping.

6. Learning As We Go: Continuing the Work of Program Self-Evaluation.
The Whole Picture.
Tackling the Tough Challenges.
The Picture of Our Future.

Appendices.
Appendix A: Artifacts Checklist.
Appendix B: Artifacts Possibilities.
Appendix C: Rubrics to Use in a Portfolio Checkpoint System.
Appendix D: Self-Assessment Sorting Exercise for Determining Values in Teaching.
Appendix E: Transcript of a Sample Junior Checkpoint Interview.

Glossary.

References.

19 juin 2000