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 Portfolios for Graduation: Two recent issues of The Providence Journal discuss how students in the Class of 2008 are taking a new path to graduation. The March 9 issue featured a front page article about seniors experiencing the new requirements, while a December 19, 2007 article describes how Mt. Hope High School students and teachers discussed their portfolios with Governor Carcieri and Commissioner Peter McWalters. Graduation by Portfolio: The May 21st issue of Providence Business News showcases Ponaganset High School in N. Scituate, RI -- the first school in the state to require digital portfolios as part of its graduation requirements. Click here to read the full article and here for the supporting editorial. Education Week / Technology Counts: A special report from Education Week describes digital portfolios as an "alternative approach to assessing progress." Click here to read the full article and link to the complete "Digital Decade" report. Providence Journal: Julia Steiny, in her September 24, 2006 EdWatch column, discusses the power of Ponaganset High School's year-end reviews to help faculty get a better sense of each student's personal strengths. Concord Monitor: An August 27, 2006 article describes how the Richer Picture digital portfolio is helping teachers, students and parents at Harold Martin School in Hopkinton, NH. Warren Times-Gazette / Bristol Phoenix: Mt. Hope Digital Portfolios are a highlight of the National Educational Computing Conference. Providence Business News: Ideas Consulting is featured as one of the small business "jewels" in Providece Business News's Main Street section. eSchoolNews coverage of the ASCD conference -- eSchoolNews covered our presentation of Digital Portfolios at the 2006 annual ASCD conference. You can read the article and the eSchoolNews conference blog. Exemplars® Newsletter -- Read how schools are using standards-based assessment and instruction materials from Exemplars® as samples of "portfolio-worthy" tasks. Radio show: "School Talk" -- Listen to Bill Carozza and Cynthia Dobe of Hopkinton, NH, discuss digital portfolios with host Dr. Susan Hollins. Concord, NH, May 10, 2006. Webcast of presentation at the National Education Computing Conference, Philadelphia, June, 2005. |