RI Graduation Portfolio

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RI Graduation Portfolio

• Graduation by Proficiency

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Graduation by Proficiency (Regents Regulations
Section 5.0)

• Graduation requirements must include
• Demonstrations of student proficiency involving
  multiple measures
• Proficiency in a common academic core curriculum
  and applied learning

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RI High School Diploma System

• All students
• must have the opportunities to acquire knowledge
  and skills required for graduation.
• will demonstrate proficiency against a common set
  of standards through a variety of measures.

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Variety of MeasuresMultiple Opportunities

• Coursework and local embedded assessments
• On demand and extended tasks
• End of Course Exams (performance-based component)
• State assessments
• School-wide diploma assessments
• Exhibition
• Certificate of Initial Mastery (RISC)
• Graduation Portfolio

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Graduation Portfolio

• Successful completion of a Graduation Portfolio
  should
• Demonstrate required proficiencies
• Demonstrate independent learning
• Reflect student choice and interest
• Reflect the students learning process
• Connect to academic and/or career goals and plans

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Required elements

• Entries aligned to appropriate standards and
  validated
• Extended independent work
• Formative and summative reflections
• Evaluation of individual entries
• Graduation portfolio review panel evaluation
• Presentation of Graduation portfolio

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How does a student build their Graduation
Portfolio?

• Collect, Select, and Reflect
• Collect work from all four years
• Reflect on each piece of work
• Select from the working portfolio
• Write a summative reflection
• Present GP to review panel

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RINETs Student Information System

• The power of collaboration

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What is RINET?

• Collaboration History
• Project Status
• The Network
• SIS
• Portfolio
• PLP
• Federated log in
• Data Warehouse

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Fall 2005

• SIS Consortium of 20 Districts and 4 Charters
• Totaling 74,500 students
• Data Center resides at RINET
• RINETs Help Desk will begin its second year

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Portfolio Project

• Centrally managed
• Locally controlled
• Back end database allows reporting
• Linked to SIS data
• Transfers with student information

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The Power of Collaboration

• Building RINET and district capacities
• Active user group
• Districts are sharing resources
• Districts are sharing knowledge