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Project Title: eFolio Minnesota

School / Organization(s): Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)

Web site: www.efoliominnesota.com

Contacts / Presenters: Paul Wasko

What purpose does your assessment tool serve? This effort, eFolio Minnesota, provides every Minnesota resident and student the ability to construct, maintain and display their own multi-media web-based portfolio.

Please indicate the category that best describes your project:

            Technology as an Assessment Tool:

  NCLB Statewide Assessments (Preparation, Delivery, Analysis)
  Classroom Assessments (tests, quizzes)
  Electronic/Digital Portfolios
  Computer Scored Essays
  Information Management Systems
  Tools for Observation of Student Work/Behavior
  Special Needs/Alternative Assessments
  Other: 
 

Assessing Technology Skills (NETSŸS and NETSŸT):

  Digital Transcript
  NCLB 8th Grade IT Literacy
  High School IT Graduation Requirements
  IT Certifications (Cisco, Microsoft, etc.)
  21st Century Skills
  Other: Individuals/institutions are free to use eFolio Minnesota in any of these ways

How long has this assessment tool been in use within your organization? eFolio Minnesota was launched in August of 2002 with a more formal launch in May of 2003

Who is the audience for this assessment tool? Every Minnesota resident and student.

What technology is used?

          Hardware:     

Software:     

Networking requirements: The application is entirely web-based and hosted centrally by MnSCU.  Only a browser and Internet connection is required

Approximately how many people are currently using this system?

	K-12 Students (current year)    Please indicate grade level(s):
	K-12 Teachers
	Teacher education students
	Teacher education faculty
XX	Other There are over 30,000 registered users of eFolio Minnesota with the majority of users signing up as students (60%)

What professional development (for students or assessors) is required to use the tool? None. Our target technology literacy level focused on any user that understands the basics of text processing type software.

To use the tool effectively, what else should the school have in place? Based on observations, those schools that have experience with portfolios have a more seamless implementation.

If you haven't already addressed it, how does your tool help students or teachers demonstrate that they are meeting standards? We are providing the infrastructure, the schools/students decide how it best meets their needs.

What are your next steps in developing or implementing this tool? We have a number of new functionality tools coming on line including: "quick start tools", new questionnaire functionality, IMS/LIP compatibility, spell checking, tools to link to standards, and opt-in/out grouping functions.