About the Focused Portfolios™ Assessment process
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The Purpose
The Focused Portfolios™ Assessment process.
The Design of the Focused Portfolios™ process.
Focused Portfolios™: A complete assessment process.
This Book is "Teacher-Friendly" because it's straightforward and easy to use.
The Design of the Focused Portfolios™ process
The Focused Portfolios™ Assessment process.
The Design of the Focused Portfolios™ process.
Focused Portfolios™: A complete assessment process.
This Book is "Teacher-Friendly" because it's straightforward and easy to use.

The design of a Focused Portfolios™ collection is the same for infants and toddlers, as well as for preschoolers. It includes the collection of ten (10) pieces of documentation per child either two or three times a year. These ten items include photographs accompanied by anecdotes, children's work samples accompanied by anecdotes, or anecdotes which stand alone.
The Focused Portfolios™ plan specifies areas of development for teachers to document. Four categories are included: Favorites, Friends, Family and Developmental Milestones. Teachers take photographs of children in the classroom, write anecdotes and collect work samples to demonstrate how children:
- exhibit their favorite activities
- choose special friends
- share information about their family members
- accomplish developmental milestones.