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title: "Building a Student Portfolio (for Texas Districts)"
slug: "building-a-student-portfolio"
updated: 2026-03-26T20:29:45Z
published: 2026-03-26T19:44:22Z
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# Building a Student Portfolio (for Texas Districts)

![Feature specific to Texas school districts highlighted for user awareness and information.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/Knowledge Base - Texas banner(5).png)

Student Portfolios provide a way for teachers to document student learning at multiple points in time. Teachers can use student portfolios to effectively plan for intervention and enrichment as well as draw conclusions about student progress and performance.

Teachers can build a Student Portfolio in Aware.

## Quick Guide

1. Select **Portfolios** ( folder_shared ) under **Students** to begin building a portfolio.
2. Select **New Portfolio**( add_circle ).
3. Beside **(No name)**, select the three vertical dots****( more_vert ), then choose **Edit Portfolio Details**( edit ) to enter the portfolio name and description. When finished, select **Done**.
4. Select **New Milestone** ( add ) or the **Plus** icon ( add_circle ), and then select **Rubric** to enter a qualitative milestone’s performance levels and descriptors.
5. Click the **Plus** icon ( add_circle_outline ) to add more performance levels to the milestone and select **Done** when finished.
6. Select **Assessment** under **New Milestone** ( add ) to enter a quantitative milestone.
7. Use the search bar to locate assessments by **Title** or filter assessments by **Years**, **Grades**, **Subjects**, and **Test Types**.
8. Select an assessment and choose an **Assessment Field** from the list.
9. If the chosen assessment has the **All Learning Standards** field, apply the relevant standard from the drop-down menu. When you are finished, select **Create**.
10. To edit, copy, or delete a milestone, select the three vertical dots ( more_vert ) beside the milestone title and choose the preferred action.
11. Select **Refresh Data** ( cached ) to update the column data in the event that an assessment has been rescored, new student scores have been added, or any other field changes have occurred.
12. [Assign the portfolio to students](/v1/docs/assigning-portfolios-and-scoring-milestones) and begin scoring.
13. Select **Profiles** ( person ) in Aware after you have assigned a [Student Growth Score](/v1/docs/student-growth-scores) to a student. Search for the student by name or filter the table, then select the student to open their student profile.
14. Select the **Portfolios** tab to see the new portfolio listed with other past portfolios.

## **Illustrated Guide**

**Step 1:** Select **Portfolios** ( folder_shared ) under **Students** to begin building a portfolio. All existing portfolios will be listed on the Portfolios table.

![Navigation menu showing highlighted option for student portfolios in an educational platform.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/portfolios.png)

**Step 2:** Select **New Portfolio**( add_circle ).

![Interface showing portfolios with options to create a new portfolio and view archived ones.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/new portfolio(1).png)

**Step 3:** Beside **(No name)**, select the three vertical dots****( more_vert ), then choose **Edit Portfolio Details**( edit ) to enter the portfolio name and description. When finished, select **Done**.

![Menu options for editing portfolio details and managing attached goals.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit portfolio details.png)

![Editing a portfolio’s title and description.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit portfolio title and description.png)

**Step 4:** Next, select **New Milestone** ( add ) or the **Plus** icon ( add_circle ). Select **Rubric** to enter a qualitative milestone. Set the performance levels and include descriptors for the milestone.

- An unlimited number of milestones can be entered into a portfolio.
- Up to six performance levels can be entered for each milestone.
- Eduphoria recommends deleting unused performance level entry panes.

![Interface for adding a new milestone with options for rubric and assessment.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/new milestone rubric.png)

**Step 5:** Once you have named the milestone and entered labels and descriptors for the rubric, select **Done**. To add additional performance levels to the milestone, click the **Plus** icon ( add_circle_outline ) to open an additional entry window.

![Rubric for assessing student skills with levels and descriptors for performance evaluation.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit rubric milestone.png)

**Step 6:** Under **New Milestone** ( add ), select **Assessment** to enter a quantitative milestone. Assessment data available in Aware can be added to the portfolio.

![Menu options for adding a new assessment milestone in student portfolios.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/new milestone assessment.png)

**Step 7:** Use the search bar to locate assessments by **Title** or filter assessments by **Years**, **Grades**, **Subjects**, and **Test Types**.

![Assessment milestone creation interface with filters for years, grades, subjects, and test types.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/assessment milestone table filters.png)

**Step 8:**Select an assessment and choose an **Assessment Field** from the list. Assessment fields will differ depending on the test type. Teachers can select from the following test types and assessment fields:

- **Local Assessment** – Raw Score, Percent Score, Performance Level, and All Learning Standards
- **MAP** – RIT Score and Percentile
- **Rubric Assessment** – Raw Score and All Learning Standards
- **STAAR** – Raw Score, Scale Score, Percent Score, Performance Level, STAAR Progress, and All Learning Standards
- **TELPAS** – Yearly Progress Indicator, TELPAS Composite Rating, Listening Proficiency Rating, Speaking Proficiency Rating, Writing Proficiency Rating, and Reading Proficiency Rating

**Step 9:** If the chosen assessment has the **All Learning Standards** field, apply the relevant standard from the drop-down menu. When you are finished, select **Create**.

![Assessment milestone creation for eighth-grade science with assessment fields to choose from.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/assessment%20milestone%20field.png)

**Step 10:** To edit, copy, or delete a milestone, select the three vertical dots ( more_vert ) beside the milestone title and choose the preferred action.

![Menu options for editing, copying, and deleting a milestone.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/milestone action options.png)

**Show Rubric**allows teachers to see the labels and descriptors for grading the Rubric Milestones at a glance. Milestones can also be rearranged by selecting either **Move Left** ( arrow_left ) or **Move Right**( arrow_right ).

![Menu options for editing a milestone and showing rubric details.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/show rubric.png)

> [!WARNING]
> **Caution:** If you have assigned students to and scored them in the portfolio, you will see a pop-up message reminding you that "Editing may change the meaning of the scale." If you wish to continue editing, select **OK**.

![Confirmation message warning about potential changes to scale meaning during editing.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/editing milestone confirmation.png)

**Step 11:** Select **Refresh Data** ( cached ) to update the column data in the event that an assessment has been rescored, new student scores have been added, or any other field changes have occurred.

![Menu options for Grade 08 Science, including Refresh Data and Delete actions.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/refresh data.png)

**Step 12:**Once you have finished creating your portfolio, you are ready to assign it to students and begin scoring. Learn more about [assigning and scoring student portfolios](/v1/docs/assigning-portfolios-and-scoring-milestones).

**Step 13:** After you have assigned a [Student Growth Score](/v1/docs/student-growth-scores), select **Profiles** ( person ) in Aware. Search for the student by name or filter the table, then select the student to open their student profile.

![Navigation menu showing student options including profiles, portfolios, mastery, and monitor groups.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/student profiles.png)

**Step 14:** Select the **Portfolios** tab to see the new portfolio listed with other past portfolios. Any teacher of record or school/district administrator will have access to view the **Portfolios** tab and its historical data, which will display the following:

- Portfolio Name
- Year Created
- Teacher Name
- Growth Rubric Score

![Student profile including portfolio details and growth metrics.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/student profile portfolio(2).png)

You can also [manage student portfolios](/v1/docs/managing-student-portfolios) you create.