RubricsRubrics Jennifer Griffin Elementary Schools Instructional Coach Hickory Public Schools

Think-Pair-Share What topics in your curriculum lend them selves well to rubric evaluation? What questions do you have about writing and implementing the use of rubrics with your students?

An Activity Each person was assigned a chocolate chip cookie The cookies will be judged based –Number of chocolate chips –Texture –Color –Taste –Richness (flavor)

Cookies There are 4 different cookies to be evaluated at your table. Work as a group to assign a score to your cookie using the rubric given. One “taster” per cookie, please. Highlight the block that corresponds to your assessment of your cookie.

Good Cookie Rubric DeliciousGoodNeeds Improvement Poor Number of ChipsChocolate chip in every bite Chips in about 75% of bites Chocolate in 50% of bites Too few or too many chips TextureChewyChewy in middle, crisp on edges Texture either crispy/crunchy or 50% uncooked Texture resembles a dog biscuit ColorGolden BrownEither light from overcooking or light from being 25% raw Either dark brown from overcooking of light from undercooking Burned TasteHome-baked tasteQuality store- bought taste TastelessStore-bought flavor, preservative aftertaste - stale, hard, chalky RichnessRich, creamy, high-fat, flavor Medium fat contents Low-fat contentsNonfat contents

Chocolate Chip Cookies Was there agreement in applying the rubric? How does use of a rubric compare to other ways to score the cookies? Questions or comments?

A rubric is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student’s performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score.

A rubric is a scoring guide for students and teachers, usually handed out before an assignment begins in order to get students to think about the criteria on which their work will be judged.

Rubrics enhance the quality of direct instruction

Why Rubrics? Create clear targets for students Clarifies important aspects of the curriculum Provides focus, emphasis and attention to particular parts of curriculum Students have explicit guidelines regarding teacher expectations

Why Rubrics? Helps students to become better evaluators of their own work Provides helpful information to the teacher about direct instruction Accommodate a range of learning styles Reduces amount of time scoring student work

Parts of a Rubric Title Criteria to be evaluated Some sort of scoring plan Descriptions of each level

Activity Examine the rubric samples at your table group And/or Use the blank rubric grid to practice writing a rubric on a topic of your choice. Work alone, in pairs, or as a group.

Debrief What will you take away from the examples? What challenges did you face as you tried to write a rubric?

Going Forward Support from Instructional Coaches as you implement use of rubrics in the classroom List of automatic Rubric Generators for your use

Thank You Please complete a Ticket Out the Door. I appreciate your comments/suggestions!

Rubric Generators nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ =view&type=tools&tool=rubricmakerhttp://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac =view&type=tools&tool=rubricmaker

Resources (2009). The Advantages of Rubrics. Retrieved April 17, 2009, from Teacher Vision Web site: management/rubrics/4522.html management/rubrics/4522.html (2009). Assessment Rubrics. Retrieved April 17, 2009, from edtech Web site: (2009). Rubrics: The Answer to "Why did you give me this grade?". Retrieved April 17, 2009, from Transforming Teaching Through Technology Web site: ics.html ics.html