RIEPS: Rhode Island Electronic Portfolio System

An Open Source Application Supporting High School Reform

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Regents’ Regulations

• The RI Regents’ Regulations January 2003 focus on students includes:– Literacy– Graduation by Proficiency– Personalization

• PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Proficiency-Based Graduation

Requirements = “Test Plus” (NSRE)(NSRE) PBGR SYSTEM PBGR SYSTEM

NECAP 2008 NECAP 2008 STANDARDSSTANDARDS

State Assessment

20 Credits

Diploma Assessment

Diploma Assessment

Proficiency

+ Plus=

Applied Learning

Diploma Assessments

Graduation Portfolio, Exhibition, End of Course Exams, or Certificate of Initial Mastery – Independent learning using Applied Learning skills– Linked to personal academic and career goals– Reflection on learning over time and meeting

goals

RIDE’s Role in RIEPS• Gates Funding Resulted in Portfolio and

Exhibition work– Toolkit – Model and pilot schools program– GATES networks for Graduation Portfolio and

Exhibition

• RIDE funding in Spring 2005 for statewide electronic portfolio system provides– Resources for implementing HS Diploma System– Technology support for Districts– Consistency across and among districts– Portability

RINET

• Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology– Private/Not for Profit– Facilitates consortium technology

purchasing– Provide statewide high-speed network– Provide SIS– Provide ePortfolio

RINET and ePortfolio

• Bring stakeholders together

• Host RFP process

• Host applications and data

• Connects to SIS nightly

• Provides helpdesk and training

Timeline• Process of defining system early spring 2005

– Key stakeholders– National and state models

• RFP May 2005• Reviewing Solutions June 2005 • Final Choice September 2005• Design, Development, and Implementation• Ongoing work 2007…

– Work on documentation, rubrics, ILP– Middle and Higher ed participation– Ongoing collaboration with all partners

Findings• Few K-12 options• Higher Ed pricing models• Open Source of great interest

– Local university and district experimentation– Develop to meet our needs– Something we could share– License free– Sakai potential as Collaborative Learning

Environment– Support model?

Collaboration with The rSmart Group

• Bringing expertise in supporting open source and the Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment

• Providing requirements gathering and customization design

• Developing additional code for added functionality

• Training functional and technical representatives from RINET and participating schools and districts

• Supporting RINET in installing, configuring, integrating, and administering RIEPS

RIEPS Goals and AssignmentsGuide Learning and Assessment

• Students apply their understanding of standards to the learning process

• Teachers rate student performance in relation to standards

• Schools gauge success according to student evidence of learning in relation to standards

RIEPS Reports Gather Evidence of Learning

• Students assess quality and completeness of their evidence

• Students use assessment to populate Graduation Portfolio

• Teachers assess student learning and effectiveness of portfolio assignments

• Schools assess student learning and teacher performance

• RIDE assesses school and district performance

RIEPS Graduation Portfolios Demonstrate Learning

• Students assemble, display, and share evidence of learning for graduation

• Schools and districts evaluate student learning as a prerequisite for graduation

• RIDE collects evidence of the complete student learning experience

Thank You!