What if schools were able to create new credentials that are based on demonstrations of skills and understanding and that recognize in some formal way skills and understanding developed in any setting? What if employers get serious about looking beyond a high school diploma or undergraduate degree and focus on competence as measured by actually performances that demonstrate skill and understanding? - Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski

Philosophy of Assessment: Using portfolios as a form of assessment is not new to me; I am privileged to be part of a school that uses portfolio as the form of student assessment. I believe that using portfolio allows for work that is in-depth. Portfolio assessment should be based on tasks and classroom projects aligned to key learning targets. Moreover, it is the collection of significant evidence of progress with key intellectual processes. Portfolios are a living illustration of students growing ability to think complexly and use a wide range of academic skills. I think the connection to the work that is placed in the portfolio should reflect work that is a record of an individual thinking from which he/she can step back, make observations, analyze, reflect, and then work to make improvements in his/her ability to think complexly.

ePortfolios are Reflective: ePortfolios demonstrate the ability to reflect on one's learning and position in society, which can include an autobiography, and reflective pieces for individual pieces. These reflective pieces are not only a synopsis of what the project was but also it provides a space for the learner to be reflective. Moreover, ePortfolios allows for work to shared with a broader audience.

Past, Present and Future: Traditional assessment measures a students ability at one particularly time, and this type of assessment is made solely by the teacher without student input. Additional, it does not include the whole student. Using ePortfolios however, measures students ability over time and there is teacher and student input.

 "As students create and share their ePortfolios, they make visible their learning, for themselves and others, allowing them to celebrate their life experiences and new knowledge they have produced".-Heidi L. Johnsen