Rubrics

Rubric Mini-Lesson Mishap
Friday, March 4th, 2011

Jen Caruso (literacy coach at Hatfield Elementary in Mitchell, IN) was conducting a mini-lesson model on how to build a rubric with second graders. The lesson included defining writing quality based on rubric levels. [read more...]

Assessing Speeches
Monday, April 13th, 2009

In many secondary classrooms, students not only study written communication, but also oral. When teaching speeches and presentations, consider what traits you want to assess. Ideally you will want to develop an oral presentation rubric with the [read more...]

Rubric & Assessment Websites
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

This site allows teachers to practice scoring K-12 student writing samples using the 6-Traits Analytic Rubric. Then, you can compare your scores with those of other trait-trained teachers. At the bottom of this webpage, you’ll find a 6-trait rubric customized for narrative writing and a second one [read more...]

Creating Kid-Friendly Rubrics
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

When building a rubric for a writing assignment or upcoming project, consider building it with your students. Often teachers make a rubric on their own and then “go over” it with the kids. With this approach, students have very little ownership and may not even understand some [read more...]

Getting Everyone on Board with Rubrics
Friday, May 16th, 2008

Our students have completed a school-wide common writing assessment (formal writing prompt), and now it’s time for teachers to score the samples. Most of our teachers have never used a rubric before, and we are looking for a way to gently ease them into the process. Any [read more...]