Rubrics in the Age of Accountability: Transparent Assessment in Support of LearningNJEDge.Net Video Conference - February 16, 2005Rubrics provide a powerful tool for grading and assessment that can also serve
as a transparent and inspiring guide to learning. Rubrics have been used
to increase transparency and accountability across K-12 and higher education,
and in corporate and government settings. This session will demystify
rubrics by reviewing types of rubrics (holistic, analytic, general, and
task-specific), steps to creating a rubric, and effective uses of rubrics
(by students and faculty). We will explore characteristics of quality
rubrics through construction of a "Rubric of Rubrics." An online
tool for rubric development will be shared interactively with the audience.
We will also consider the importance of rubrics in encouraging self-reflective
learning. Presenters: Ken Ronkowitz, NJIT and Bonnie B. Mullinix, Monmouth University. |
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ONLINE
RESOURCES Since
a Google search on "rubrics" produced over 2 million, there
should be no shortage of sites for you to explore. Measures, Rubrics, & Tools for Assessing Student Learning Outcomes - from Kansas State University How To Create Rubrics - a good introductory guide from a company that sells rubrics to teachers AAHE (American Association for Higher Education) - has rubrics links and other assessment tools online Guidelines for Rubric Development from San Diego State University's College of Education An Introduction to Scoring Rubrics - though developed by the Chicago Public schools, these pages are a good introduction for any educator new to rubric use and creation. Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) Rubrics A Method for Grading Essays in Any Course - from the Teaching Resource Center at U of Virginia Essay Scoring Manual - developed for the scoring of essays written for the Regents' Testing Program of the University System of Georgia - besides the rubric for scoring, there are many useful references on this site for assessment. Focused Holistic Scoring - part of the THEA Test (Texas Higher Education Assessment) - this is designed to provide information about the reading, mathematics, and writing skills of students entering the state's public colleges, universities, and educator preparation programs in public and private institutions. RUBRICS IN K-12 California schools have adopted rubrics as one way to standardize the assessment of students and curriculum - examples from different disciplines and rubrics used for California content standards assessment Kathy Schrock's website includes extensive rubric links in many subject areas. Rubrics are long been used more widely at the K12 levels. Life on Mars? Project - One of many science rubrics created by NASA for schools. Create Your Own Rubrics Online - RubiStar is one online tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. Start with the tutorial (it includes information on changing categories, their headings and content). Register (it's free) with them so that you can save & edit what you create.
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