1. Kara O’Keefe, UCI History Project Sara Jordan, Segerstrom High School

2. Why Use Rubrics? Consistency in Grading Explicit Expectations for Students Opens dialogue between teachers and students. Less Time Spent Grading Professional Development Opportunity Opens dialogue between teachers.

3. How to Use Rubrics Select the rubric that meets the needs of the assignment. Create anchor samples. Select samples that represent high, medium and low. Give specific examples from the sample writings that explain this scoring. Begin norming the group.

4. How to Norm teachers and students Each person reads and assigns the sample a score. Each person shares their score with the group. The group leader records the scores on butcher paper, so readers see score discrepancies. Readers explain their rationale for their scores starting with discrepancies. Decide on score that everyone is comfortable with.

5. Let’s Practice 1. Review the rubric. 2. Read the first two writing samples and assign a score for each sample. (on your own) 3. Share scores and rationale. 4. Decide on a score that everyone is comfortable with. 5. Finish reading the samples. 6. Work in small groups.

6. Reflections What worked? Could this work in your classroom? What would you change?