Portfolio assessment

Many of the reigning theoretical assumptions on which contemporary testing and assessment are based on behaviorist views of cognition and development. In 1990's it was realised that new, alternative ways of thinking about learning, assessing learning, measurement and evaluation were needed. One of these methods for evaluating students' performances are the portfolios and its evaluation. In this research it has been put great importance on what student portfolios are, which have a very great important role for evaluating students' performance on their learning and development. At the same time, it has been expressed what materials can be included in a students' portfolios, its types, properties and application, its advantages and disadvantages, in what way it can be used and evaluated. As a result, importance of using students' portfolios for our country and educational process has been emphasized.