Portfolio Teacher Guidance

To support teachers implementing a student growth portfolio model, the department has provided supplemental materials for each model. These materials can be used for clarity on collecting and scoring student work.

Teacher FAQUpdated October 2024 The department has collected questions from implementing teachers and peer reviewers across the state to provide support and clarity to portfolio implementation.

TNPortfolio Video Guidance - In response to various questions from portfolio implementing teachers regarding uploading, deleting, and viewing student work artifact videos in TNPortfolio; the educator effectiveness has crafted this guidance document.

Attention:

Samples uploaded to TNPortfolio between January 30th, 2025, 2:30 PM CT and February 5th, 2025, did not upload to the platform correctly. The issue in the platform has been resolved. Please remove any samples from this time window and re-upload them to ensure accuracy. Check preview to ensure you can view your samples. If they do not appear in preview, please reach out to Portfolio.questions@tn.gov. 

Portfolio Model

 Portfolio Assessment and Scoring Guidance

Portfolio Rubric Guidance Videos by ELA Standard

Portfolio Rubric Guidance Videos by Math Standard

Pre-K

Pre-K & Kindergarten TEAM Portfolio Resource Guide (Update July 2024)

Pre-K and Kindergarten Student Growth Portfolio Model Assessment and Scoring Guidance PK.FL.PA.2e
PK.FL.WC.4b
PK.RL.KID.3
PK.RI.KID.2
PK.CC.A.4
PK.CC.C.6
PK.OA.A.4
PK.OA.A.3

Kindergarten

Pre-K & Kindergarten TEAM Portfolio Resource Guide (Update July 2024)

Pre-K and Kindergarten Student Growth Portfolio Model Assessment and Scoring Guidance  K.FL.PA.2e
K.FL.WC.4b
K.RL.KID.3
K.RI.KID.2
K.CC.A.1 
K.CC.A.3
K.OA.A.2
K.NBT.A.1

First Grade

First and Second Grade TEAM Portfolio Resource Guide (Updated July 2024)

First and Second Grade Growth Portfolio Model Assessment and Scoring Guidance 1.FL.PWR.3 
1.FL.WC.4b
1.RL.KID.3
1.RI.KID.2
1.NBT.A.1
1.NBT.B.4
1.OA.A.1
1.OA.C.6

Second Grade

First and Second Grade TEAM Portfolio Resource Guide (Updated July 2024)

First and Second Grade Growth Portfolio Model Assessment and Scoring Guidance 2.FL.PWR.3
2.FL.WC.4
2.RL.KID.3
2.RI.KID.2
2.NBT.A.3 
2.NBT.A.4
2.OA.A.1
2.OA.B.2

 

Portfolio Model

Portfolio Assessment and Scoring Guidance

Physical Education

P.E.The Tennessee Physical Education Standards have been updated for the 2024-25 school year. You can find the new TN P.E. standards here. The P.E. model portfolio guidebooks are being updated to align with the new standards. 

Teachers must follow ALL protocols exactly as written. The standard specific assessment protocols are found in the P.E. Student Growth Portfolio Model Assessment and Scoring Guidance Documents. 

World Languages

 World Language Guidebook

Fine Arts

 Fine Arts TEAM Portfolio Resource Guide