1. Using Rubrics for Student Assessment Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Designing an Effective and Innovative Course June 12-14, 2006

2. Outline: 1.What are rubrics? 2.Why use rubrics? 3.Qualities of an effective rubrics

3. Acknowledgment Heidi Goodrich Andrade, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology University at Albany HAndrade@uamail.albany.edu

4. What are Rubrics? A way to combine assessment and learning Rubrics allow for both “formative” and “summative” assessment Rubrics can be used to: 1)Define learning goals 2)Provide feedback to students 3)Assess/grade student work

5. All Rubrics Should Have 1.Multiple criteria/dimensions/categories and 2. Gradations of quality

7. Why Rubrics? (courtesy of H. Andrade) They are easy to explain and use They support learning by making expectations and standards clear They help students become thoughtful judges of the quality of their own and others’ work They reduce the time teachers spend evaluating work while at the same time … … providing students with more informative feedback about strengths and areas in need of improvement

8. Which discussion rubric would you rather use and why?

10. What are the qualities of an effective rubric? They are instructional They are descriptive Created with student input They facilitate high-level thinking skills They are developmentally appropriate

11. Questions/Comments?