2. Goals To understand, develop and implement rubrics to drive classroom instruction To use a variety of assessment tools to monitor and evaluate student progress, performance and achievement
3. Think Pair Share What types of assessments do you give your students? How do you evaluate these assessments?
11. Rubric Definition A rubric is a guideline for assessing student performance The guidelines evaluate what a performance is like at various levels – Extraordinary (A+) Excellent (A –/B+) , Good (B-/C+) Poor (D/F)
12. Benefits of using a Rubric Provides those doing the assessment with the characteristics for each level on which they should base their judgements Provides those who have been assessed with clear information about how well they performed Provides those who have been assessed with a clear indication of what they need to accomplish in the future to better their performance Cuts down on grading time
15. Persuasive Prompt We all know that school activities can be expensive. Think about a time when you were asked to help raise money for your school. Now write to convince the school board whether or not schools should ask students to raise money for school activities.
30. Free Rubric Templates You don’t have to create your own. There are many free blank and generic templates on line. Just google free rubric templates.