Text Box: Facilitator: Roberta Niche, Technology Integrator for Scott Johnson Middle School, McKinney ISD

Text Box: Authentic Assessment With Rubrics

Text Box: "Rubrics are a critical and vital link between assessment and instruction. They operationalize quality in our minds so we can more effectively teach and lead."
Alan D. Rowe

Basics

Tools

What is a rubric?

The TEKS

An introduction to assessment

National Standards

A checklist for an effective rubric

Rubistar: An online rubric making tool

Rubric vocabulary helpful adjectives and adverbs

Teachnology: Another online rubric maker

Steps to Writing an Effective Assessment

Rubric Builder You can download and use software

From http://www.Starcenter.org

The Staff Room: Rubrics for every subject

Step 1: Choose a Set of Content Standards and Develop Your Performance Descriptions and Expectations

Tons more sample rubrics from Kathy Schrock

Step 2: Decide How You Will Communicate Performance Expectations

The Rubric Bank

Step 3: Develop a rubric that is aligned with the performance descriptions and expectations

Tips for choosing a rubric

Step 4: Use the results to improve teaching and learning

Rubric Template (web version)

Related Articles

Other

The Case for Authentic Assessment by Grant Wiggins

Music Rubrics

Make Room for Rubrics Article from Scholastic

Vocal Music Rubric Ideas

The PALS Guide to Rubrics and Scoring

PE Central Physical Education rubrics

Understanding Rubrics by Heidi Goodrich Andrade

Multimedia Project Rubric

Online Resources for Assessment

Visual Arts Rubric ideas

Using Rubrics in Middle School by Heidi Andrade

Video Production

Automating Authentic Assessment With Rubrics

Another Video Rubric

A list of Assessment Strategies Not just rubrics

Leadership Rubric

The Teachnology Rubrics Page Rubrics for teachers

PowerPoint Presentation on rubrics