What is a Rubric

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What is a Rubric? One-or-two-page document that
describes varying levels of quality. Its
purposes are to give students informative
feedback about their works in progress and to
give detailed evaluations of their final products.
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• What is the format of a rubric?
• All rubrics have two common features
• A list of criteria, or what counts
• Level of performance or gradations of quality.

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Not Quality





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• Why should I use rubrics?
• Rubrics make teachers expectations very clear.
• Allows teachers to articulate the standards to
  students.
• written expectations
• Rubrics provide students with informative
  feedback about their strengths and areas
  in need of improvement.
• Rubrics support learning.
• (7th Graders scoring higher on classification
  quiz)
• Rubrics support the development of skills.
• (8th grade students receiving better scores on
  essays)
• Rubrics support the development of understanding

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How do teachers decide whether your work is
excellent (A) or very good (B)? Well, they give
us the assignment, and they know the
qualifications, and if you have all of them, you
get an A and if you dont get any, you get an F
and so on. The teacher gives us a paper called a
rubric with information of how to do our essays
good to deserve an A. If they were to give it an
A it would have to be well-organized, neat, good
spelling, no errors, an more important, the
accurate information it gives. For a B its
neat, organized, some errors, and pretty good
information but not perfect.
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• How do I make a rubric?
• A well-written rubrics describes the kinds of
  mistakes students tend to make as well as ways in
  which their work shines.
• Look at models or examples. Look for what made
  the product/work quality and what made it not
  quality.
• List the criteria or what counts.
• criteria may need packed or unpacked.

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What is an Authentic Asssessment? Authentic
assessment is a form of assessment in which
students are asked to perform real-world tasks
that demonstrate meaningful application of
essential knowledge and skills.
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Authentic Assessment vs Traditional
Assessment Traditional --------------------
Authentic Selecting a Response
--------------------------- Performing a
Task Contrived -----------------------------------
-------- Real-life Recall/Recognition
-------------------------------
Construction/Application Teacher-structured
---------------------------- Student-structured In
direct Evidence -------------------------------
Direct Evidence
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Web Sites http//rubistar.4teachers.org/ http//j
onathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.h
tm http//school.discovery.com/schrockguide/asses
s.html http//webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/weblesson
s.htm
Using rubrics to promote thinking and learning.
Andrade, Heidi G. Educational Leadership v. 57 no
5 (February 2000) p. 13-18