North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Kindergarten Mathematics AssessmentKindergarten Summative Assessment Page 89The Kindergarten PortfolioThe tasks included in this section are meant as culminating events that are given atthe end of the academic year.As students progress through the enormous changes that a year in Kindergarten impliesit is of great importance that their struggles, progress and successes be well-documented. Research tells us that students at this age make enormous, uneven stridesin both social and academic development. This fact alone demands that schools keepaccurate records of students’ work and convey these documents to subsequent teachers