Holistic Scoring

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New Brunswick Public Schools

• Holistic Scoring

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Contents

• Holistic Scoring
• Grade Level Rubrics
• Using the Rubrics
• Norming
• Sample Open-Ended Question
• Conclusion

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Holistic Scoring

• Language Arts Literacy
• The Big Picture - Based on a whole piece of
  writing.
• Writings are scored for the total rather than for
  individual aspects.
• Mathematics
• The Big Picture Based on a whole response
• Rubric specific will determine score for a
  question.

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Grade Level Rubrics

• Language Arts Literacy
• 4 Point Open-Ended Rubric
• Mathematics
• 3-Point Open-Ended Rubric

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Using the Holistic Rubric

• SCORING GUIDE FOR MATHEMATICS OPEN-ENDED
  QUESTIONS
• 3-POINT RESPONSE
• Response shows complete understanding of the
  problems essential mathematical concepts.
• Student executes procedures completely and gives
  relevant responses to all parts of the task.
• Response contains few minor errors, if any.
• Response contains a clear, effective explanation
  detailing how the problem was solved so that the
  reader does not need to infer how and why
  decisions were made.
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• 2-POINT RESPONSE
• Response shows nearly complete understanding of
  the problems essential mathematical concepts.
• Student executes nearly all procedures and gives
  relevant responses to most parts of the task.
• Response may have minor errors.
• Explanation detailing how the problem was solved
  may not be clear, causing the reader to make some
  inferences.
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• 1-POINT RESPONSE
• Response shows limited understanding of the
  problems essential mathematical concepts.
• Response and procedures may be incomplete and/or
  may contain major errors.
• Incomplete explanation of how the problem was
  solved may contribute to questions as to how and
  why decisions were made.
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Norming

• You norm when you work
• on applying the rubric to a common
• piece of student work OR when you
• try to create a piece of work to fit a
• level of the rubric.

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Look at the pictures.
Container A Container B
Container C Holds 64 Beans Holds 16
Beans Holds 52 Beans

• Which container has the greatest volume?
• __________________________________________________
  ______
• Which container is the tallest?
• __________________________________________________
  ______
• If the beans in container A are poured into an
  empty container B,
• Will the beans fit?
• __________________________________________________
  ______
• Why or why not?
• __________________________________________________
  ____________

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Scoring

• Group Scoring and Discussion
• Scores Given

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Story Solving

• Draw a picture and write a story about
• 9 6.

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• Open Ended Response
• Ricky and Sandra collected lids from their homes.
  Then they sorted them by material and put their
  data in a table.
• Lid Material

• What was the least common type of lid material?
• How many more metal lids than plastic lids were
  there?
• How many lids did Ricky and Sandra collect?
• What was the most common type of lid material?

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Conclusion

• Discussion

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New Brunswick Public Schools

• Holistic Scoring