Portfolios encourage students to create and revise work they feel proud to display. And they give students the opportunity to craft their own story. post 
Graphic designers and architects don’t rely on test scores to land projects. They send portfolios that present final work and document their process.
What if students were judged by a more holistic representation of their learning—like designers and architects?
Imagine a science field journal presented alongside a scale model built in geometry.
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I maintain a Coding Portfolio where I reflect on what I've written and what I learned in the experience.