A portfolio assessment is a systematic and organized collection of evidence used by the teacher and student to monitor the growth of the student's knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a specific subject area. The portfolio is a collection of students' work representing a selection of performances. It often documents a student's best work. It may also include information such as drafts of his\her work, his\ herself assessment of work, and parents' assessment. It fosters students' reflection and helps them to self-monitor their learning.Portfolio assessment requires students to collect and reflect on examples of their work providing both instructional components to the curriculum and offering the opportunity for authentic assessment. It provides evidence of a student's learning and uses it as an assessment of learning.Thus, it is concluded that portfolio assessment is collection of instances of learning by the teacher and using it for assessment of learning. Additional Information Portfolios can contain the following items:Completed assignments and EvaluationJournal writingsReflections on discussions that have been held in or out of classPhotos, sketches, and other visualsSummary statements made at different points regarding what has been learned Self-assessment statements