Rubric Basics
An evaluation tool that clearly explains expectations and helps teachers grade consistently.
Rubric
why do rubrics help students understand how their work will be graded
By providing clear expectations
Gives one overall score for an entire assignment
Holistic rubric
What rubrics are used to evaluate:
student evidence of learning
What is step 1 on creating a high-quality rubric?
Deconstruct standards into clear, student-friendly learning targets.
Ensuring fairness when grading from student to student and assignment to assignment is considered what?
Consistency in evaluation.
A grading issue that rubrics help reduce
Bias or inconsistency
Breaks an assignment into parts and scores each part separately
Analytic rubric
Responding aloud to a question or prompt
Verbal response
Descriptions that explain different levels of performance
Mastery levels/Performance levels
Clearly defined learning expectations students should know before starting an assignment
learning objectives
This is the information rubrics provide to help students improve their work
Feedback
Shows expectations for meeting the standard with room for feedback
Single-point rubric
Responses written using text, graphs, or math
Written response
What rubrics should align with
Learning objectives or standards
The missing tool that causes grading to feel subjective or unfair
A rubric
What did our activity portray in the beginning of the lesson?
Grading writing without a rubric
Tracks student progress through a whole unit, semester, or year
Mastery rubric
Responding through movement or physical activity
Physical response
What is step 2 for creating a high-quality rubric?
Identify learning expectations, ultimate learning goal for each row of the rubric.
A rubric functions as both an evaluation tool and a set of what?
Guidelines
Grading based on feelings instead of standards
Subjective grading
Marks requirements as completed or not completed
Checklist
Type of assessment that always requires a rubric
Constructed response assessment
what is the 3rd step when creating a high-quality rubric?
Use student friendly learning targets to describe the learning progression of each row.