A Portfolio Project to Triangulate the Current Quantitative Assessment Method
According to the Grinnell College Catalog, “[s]tudents planning their academic programs should strive for the ability to convey their ideas with power and grace, to analyze and formulate arguments, and to adapt each piece of writing to its context and audience” (7).
General Information
Purpose of this project
History of Grinnell’s writing assessment
Grinnell’s quantitative method of assessing writing
Benefits of adding portfolio assessment to this current method
Project Description
Overview of portfolios
Reflections
Cover Letters
Reading the portfolios
Triangulation
Conclusion
Project Results
Works cited
Grinnell College 2001-2002 Academic Catalog.
Wolcott, Willa with Sue M. Legg. An Overview of Writing Assessment: Theory, Research, and Practice. Urbana, NCTE: 1998.
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Utah State UP, Logan: 1998.
