Portfolio Assessment Strategy _ A 21st Century Education and Constructivists Pedagogic Mediated Students Evaluation

The shift in education to Assessment for Learning (AfL), formative verses summative evaluation in nature has resulted in a need for problem solution nexus between the practice of assessment and demands of the society to align with the 21st Century perspective of lifelong learning. The constant logic model of learning overtime of curriculum-pedagogy-assessment as informed by constructivist approach requires new approaches such as ‘Portfolios’ specifically ‘Portfolio Assessment.’ Conceptualization of the essence of 21st Century skills beyond discipline content is lacking. Consider cognitive efficiency and competencies as well as metacognitive awareness and skills as driven by the constructivist theory. The author would like to address these issues in this publication by harmonizing the thinking, providing knowledge, theoretical basis guiding practice, and products desired into a framework. The author will use the Portfolio Strategy as an avenue to demonstrate and explore attributes and themes alluded to in the write up.