What are the requirements of a portfolio assessment?
Contents of portfolio: The child’s portfolio shall contain evidence of academic progress in the minimum curriculum areas of reading, language arts and mathematics if the child under private instruction is in grade levels 1-5. For children in grade levels 6-12, the portfolio shall contain evidence in the minimum curriculum areas of reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. For each curriculum area, the portfolio shall include a book of lesson plans, a diary or other written record indicating the subject matter taught and activities in which the child has been engaged, and an outline of the curriculum used by the child. The portfolio may also include a list of, a reference to, or material from the textbooks and resource materials used by the student in each subject area. The portfolio evaluator must have an Iowa-teaching certificate for the appropriate age level. The report shall be in narrative form and shall reflect the child’s progress in reading, language arts
