| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Charter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Educational assessment and its functions | 第10页 |
| ·Drawbacks of traditional assessment | 第10-11页 |
| ·Call for new forms of assessment | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Charter Two Literature Review | 第15-36页 |
| ·Definitions of formative assessment | 第15-16页 |
| ·Researches on formative assessment: past and current situation at home and abroad | 第16-18页 |
| ·Theoretical bases of formative assessment | 第18-23页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theory of multiple intelligence | 第20-21页 |
| ·Humanism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Methods of formative assessment | 第23-26页 |
| ·Classroom observation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Questionnaires and interviews | 第24-26页 |
| ·Portfolio assessment and reading comprehension | 第26-36页 |
| ·Portfolios | 第26-27页 |
| ·Definitions of portfolio assessment | 第27-28页 |
| ·Characteristics of portfolio assessment | 第28-29页 |
| ·Benefits of portfolio assessment | 第29-30页 |
| ·A glimpse of research situation of portfolio and portfolio assessment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reading comprehension | 第31-36页 |
| ·The importance of reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·Current researches on reading at home and abroad | 第32-33页 |
| ·Problems of current reading assessment | 第33-34页 |
| ·Roles of reading portfolios | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第36-45页 |
| ·Research questions | 第36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-37页 |
| ·Implementation of portfolio assessment | 第37-42页 |
| ·Planning and preparation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Preparing learners for portfolio assessment | 第38页 |
| ·Identifying the purpose for the assessment | 第38-39页 |
| ·Determining assessment criteria | 第39页 |
| ·Implementation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Designing of the reading portfolios | 第39页 |
| ·Determining what kind of work would be collected | 第39-40页 |
| ·Feedback to learners, learner self-and peer-assessment | 第40-41页 |
| ·Monitoring | 第41-42页 |
| ·Showcase of learners’portfolios | 第42页 |
| ·Assessment procedures | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第43-44页 |
| ·Questionnaire-collecting | 第43页 |
| ·Pre-testing of learners’ reading comprehension | 第43页 |
| ·The operation of portfolio assessment | 第43页 |
| ·Post-testing of reading comprehension and questionnaire-collecting | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data collection and data analysis | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第45-55页 |
| ·Results of pre-test and post-test on reading comprehension | 第45-47页 |
| ·Results of questionnaire survey of strategies and motivation | 第47-53页 |
| ·Learners’comments on the practice of portfolio assessment | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Charter Five Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for future researchers | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第69-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
| 在读研期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第72页 |
