1. The EQuIP Rubric (Formerly the Tri-State Rubric) A Tool To Align Lesson Plans and Units to the Common Core State Standards
Illinois State Board of Education
English Language Arts Content Specialists
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2. The History Behind the Tool
The Tri-State Collaborative (comprised of educational leaders from Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island and facilitated by Achieve) developed a criterion-based rubric and review process to evaluate the quality of multi-day lessons and units intended to address the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts/Literacy. EQuIP (Educators Evaluating Quality Instruction Products), an initiative of the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network, has built on the original rubric.
Presently representatives from the PARCC states are meeting regularly with ACHIEVE in Washington D.C. to continue to provide feedback on the rubric. Hand out Handout entitle “About EQuIP” from
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3. Purpose
The primary purpose of the rubric is to provide specific guidance for identifying high quality instructional materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards. It is to be used for multi-day lessons or units.
This rubric can offer assistance for teachers and administrators in Illinois as they transition to full implementation of the CCSS.
Pass out Handout #2 – The Rubric
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4. The rubric can be found at www.achieve.org/EQuIP.
When using the rubric, it is beneficial to focus on Dimensions I & IV first. If participants have the rubric in their hands or if the presenter has the rubric, demonstrate how to fold the rubric so that only Dimensions I & IV show. Discuss the importance of choosing targets (Dimension I) and the assessment (Dimension IV) to measure mastery of the targets first. Then educators may focus on Dimensions II and III to help plan the instruction.
Even though the screen shot is of the 3-12 rubric, there is a K-2 rubric as well with the same dimension headings.
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5. Organization of the Rubric
The rubric is divided into four dimensions:
Dimension #1
Alignment to the Depth of CCSS
Dimension #2
Key Shifts in the CCSS
Dimension #3
Instructional Supports
Dimension #4
Assessment
Within these dimensions are characteristics that define an exemplary lesson/unit. Dimensions are defined in additional detail under
each of their headings.
This slide is a reminder of the main headings of each dimension of the rubric. The organization of the rubric is the same for the K-2 rubric as well as the 3-12 rubric.
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6. The EQuIP Rubric is designed to evaluate:
Lessons that include instructional activities and assessments aligned to CCSS, extending over a few class periods or days.
Units that include integrated and focused lessons aligned to CCSS extending over a longer period of time.
The EQuIP rubric can be used to align multi-day lessons or units. A daily lesson plan may not necessarily reflect every element found within the rubric.
Handout #3 – Illinois EQUiP User Guide – The guide created by the ISBE ELA Content Area Specialists can provide schools/districts with additional guidance in using the rubric.
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7. to evaluate a single task or activity.
The EQUiP Rubric
The rubric is NOT designed
to evaluate a single task or activity.
Remind participants that the rubric is NOT designed for a daily lesson plan. For teachers who make daily lesson plans, the rubric can be viewed to see if the components of the rubric are evident throughout multiple daily lessons.
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8. EQuIP Rubric
Use the front of the rubric as a guide for lesson plan/unit alignment with the ELA CCSS.
It is NOT recommended that the rating scale at the bottom of the rubric be used for classroom use or teaching evaluation
Note that the screenshot is of the 3-12 rubric. The guidelines are the same for the K-2 rubric as well.
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9. EQuIP Rubric
Educational organizations may use the backside of the rubric to determine the quality and alignment of lessons and units to:
Identify exemplars/models for teachers’ use within and across states;
Provide constructive criteria-based feedback to developers,
Review existing instructional materials to determine what revisions are needed.
This slide is a reminder to participants that the rubric tool is not for classroom use or to be used for teacher evaluation. The original intent of the rating scale was for state departments and other educational organizations to determine which units/lessons become a part of their online resources.
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10. How States May Use The Rubric
As a tool to guide the development of lessons and units;
As a tool to evaluate existing lessons and units to identify improvements needed to align with the CCSS;
As a tool to build the capacity of teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the CCSS; and
As a tool to inform vendors of criteria that will be applied in the evaluation of proposals and final products.
This slide provides participants with ways states can use the rubric. Beyond using the rubric at cross-state convenings, many states and districts have embraced the rubric and review process to support their implementation of the CCSS in a variety of ways.
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11. How a Distrtict/School Should Use the EQuIP Rubric
As a tool to guide the development of lessons and units.
As a tool to build the capacity of teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the CCSS.
This slide reminds schools and districts how they can use the rubric. The ELA Content Specialists created a template that teachers can use to help design their lessons/units.
The template is available on the ISBE Professional Learning Series website. The template was designed to align planning and curricular materials to the EQuIP Rubric and the dimensions. The template helps teachers think through the components of the EQuIP rubric.
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12. To download the rubric, please visit www.achieve.org/EQuIP
Resources
To download the rubric, please visit
Currently, the EQuIP rubric can be found at this site. A K-2 rubric is in draft form at this time.
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