The Portfolio Research Project: A Successful School/Univerisity Collaboration

Describes the Portfolio Research Project, a three-year research project ultimately involving 20 teachers of grades 6–12 from a variety of schools, in which teachers acted as primary researchers, developing their own research projects to explore the use of portfolios to assess literature learning. Describes what participants researched, how teachers were supported, and success of project. Notes ways teachers might become involved in a teacher–research group.