Tools and Ideas for Creating Your Rubrics
Many of these rubrics grew out of a long-term commitment to building alternative assessments in our Instructional Design, and Math Specialist and Teaching and Assessing Writing online courses.
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- Discussion, Teamwork, and Group Work Rubrics
- ePortfolio and Web Page Rubrics
- Concept Map and Graphic Organizer Rubric
- Video and Multimedia Project Rubrics
- Math and Science Rubrics
- Virtual Simulations and Games Rubric
- Research Process Rubrics
- Writing Rubrics
- Rubrics for Primary Grades
- Presentation Rubrics
- Tools for Creating Your Rubrics
Presentation Rubrics
Maggie Rouman's rubric assesses real-time sessions to foster community, present topics, and enhance learning.
Ann Bell's rubric helps students assess what makes a good podcast.
10 performance categories
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Michelle Pacansky-Brock's general formative assessment is used when students view a mini video lecture/presentation. Contributions are rated on originality, comprehension, and clarity.
4Teachers.org provides an online tool to customize the checklist for your grade level
Buck Institute for Education (BIE) rubric for high school presentations
bilingual education (English and Spanish)
Spanish Partial-Immersion Program Rubrics for Writing and Speaking in English and Spanish for Grades 1-5
Social Media Project Rubrics
Criteria for assessing individual and group Wiki contributions.
Assess individual blog entries, including comments on peers' blogs.
Assess learning during social networking instructional assignments.
Discussion, Teamwork, and Group Work Rubrics
Criteria for assessing the ability to share perspectives, refine thoughts through the writing process, and participate in a meaningful discussion
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Features of a sandwich to graphically show the criteria
Karen Franker's rubric includes six defined criteria for assessing the team and individual responsibility
Six defined criteria for collaboration with strong performance descriptors
ePortfolio and Web Page Rubrics
These rubrics are related to our Instructional Design courses.
Electronic portfolio rubric created by Joan Vandervelde includes 7 categories with 4 levels of achievement
Joan Vandervelde's rubric details 9 categories for evaluating a web page
Online feedback form for CyberFair Project.
Concept Map and Graphic Organizer Rubric
Concept map diagram rubric to assess a visual storyboard of a final project or to chart a flow of work and ideas by Karen Franker
Concept map and/or storyboard specification of instructional sequencing and messaging details.
Video and Multimedia Project Rubrics
These rubrics are related to our Blended and Online Teaching & Training courses.
Joan Vandervelde lists criteria for video production and editing
Rubric developed by Caroline McCullen, Jamie McKenzie, and Terrie Gray
Virtual Simulations and Games Rubric
A grading rubric created by Ann Bell with 6 performance criteria
Research Process Rubrics
Karen Franker's rubric to assess planning, gathering, organizing and citing information in grades 3-5
Karen Franker's rubric assesses performance with the research process
Joyce Valenza's rubric assesses 5 research performance areas for high school students
Joyce Valenza's Question Brainstormer encourages students to ask focus questions and reflect on the research process
Kay Lehmann's rubric for high school or college level
Writing Rubrics
These rubrics are related to our Teaching and Assessing Writing courses.
An extensive archive of assessment materials associated with the 6-Traits assessment approach.
English and Spanish versions of the 6-Traits of Writing Rubric and other rubrics for listening, public speaking, and reading
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Blake Green's history class rubric.
Includes invention report, book talk, persuasive essay, and autobiographical event essay
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Math and Science Rubrics
These rubrics are related to our Math Specialist courses.
4 levels of math understanding with performance criteria
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Performance criteria for problem-solving reasoning and proof communication connections representation
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Performance criteria for the use of scientific tools, science reasoning and strategies, science concepts and use of data and communication
Easy to modify for any kind of high school research report
A good example of a performance rubric tuned a specific project. Easy to adapt to other subjects.
Rubrics for Primary Grades
Assess literacy development
Evaluates communication, fine muscle development, emergent reading and writing, large muscle development, math development, creative arts, personal development, and work habits, play, and social skills.
Features a sandwich to graphically show when all criteria are met
Tools for Creating Your Rubrics
These tools are explored in our Blended and Online Teaching & Training certificate courses.
Choose a topic and create a new rubric based on a template. Save and edit your rubric online.
develop rubrics and access them from anywhere
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Build your own grading rubrics online by filling out a form. You can include a graphic and print the rubric.
Readings about Authentic Assessment
Helpful background information about rubric design and implementation in the classroom.