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This simplified schematic shows how the Learning Record model can not only integrate classroom and large-scale assessment, but it can also integrate evaluation and assessment of development at different institutional levels. Student Learning Records, in addition to other materials, can provide evidence for course portfolios, which in turn can provide evidence for teacher portfolios, and then ultimately be included as evidence in institutional portfolios. For a closer look at how this might look at different levels, check these links: The use of Learning Records can be supported through a web-to-database interface using XML. XML is a new standard similar to HTML but with a great deal more power and flexibility. More information about the Learning Record and XML XML would make the coordination of student, teacher, and institutional portfolios seamless. In this way, readers of institutional portfolios could selectively examine teacher portfolios and explore even further to discover how student performance at the individual level reflects institutional goals and constraints. Because of the powerful features of databases, this implementation of the Learning Record could provide an invaluable research archive. |
