Student-Led Conferencing Using Showcase Portfolios

Barnett and Benson combine 50-plus years of experience as teachers and educational consultants in creating a text for educators on implementing two powerful tools—student-led conferences and showcase portfolios—for improving student learning at all grade levels and in all content areas. The revised second edition includes more explanation of how use of these tools meets the higher standards in place in all states, a clearer explanation of the student-led conferencing process and how portfolios are only part of the whole task, ways to inform administrators and policymakers about the benefits, specific ways to begin student portfolios, planning timelines, additional black-line masters for teachers to use, an expanded and updated list of references, and information about digital portfolios. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR