Rubrics:
Online Samples and Resources
World Languages
Fairfax County
Public Schools > PALS > Performance Assessment
for Language Students > Rubrics is an excellent resource featuring generic analytic
and holistic scales for the interpersonal and presentational modes.
The site features analytic and holistic rubrics for higher level
interactive tasks. Rubrics for writing tasks for fluent
Spanish speakers are also included. Explanation of rubrics and
rater training information accompanies the scales.
Guidelines
for Portfolio Assessment in English site features
how-to information on portfolio assessment and sample rubrics
for assessing the skills. The bibliography
contains many useful references.
Illinois
State Board of Education website resources related
to Foreign Language Assessment include descriptors
and classroom assessments as resources to help teachers determine
local performance expectations for the Illinois Learning Standards
at each grade level and rated Samples of student work. Sample
Foreign Language Classroom Assessments aligned to the Illinois
Learning Standards include rating scales and rubrics. A
Teacher’s Guide for Classroom assessments for the Illinois
Learning Standards provides useful information on developing
classroom-based assessments.
General
CATALYST, Ideas
for Educators – published by Ten Sigma four times a
year, as a resource for K-12 educators, was the victim of a tightened
budget in Fall 2002. Featured articles about the benefits of using rubrics
and performance assessments can still be downloaded from the site. Rubrics:
Not just a pretty grading sheet and Tips
- and a rubric - for teachers to improve the use of time.
Chicago Public Schools – Instructional Intranet
site featuring an Ideas
and Rubrics section with many useful resources, including a rubric
bank and a step-by-step
guide for developing a rubric.
Holt,
Rinehart and Winston Assessment Rubrics – Although
the Holt, Rinehart and Winston rubrics are designed for Social Studies,
the documents will suit a great deal of FL projects, assignments and activities
(especially for teaching culture). The site contains 43 sets of straightforward
rubrics for evaluating student performance on nearly every classroom assignment
and project imaginable. For example, the rubrics for writing assignments
include: "Writing to Describe," "Writing to Inform,"
and "Writing to Persuade." These free forms are in PDF form,
so you can just print them out and use them.
Pearson Educational Development Overview Group
> Authentic Assessment at
teachervison.com – Features
a five-part series, Creating Rubrics.
The series explores the design, revision, and implementation of
rubrics. Sections include:
Performance Assessment Links in Science >
PALS Guide. Features
a section on rubrics and scoring that provides background description
and criteria essential to a good rubric. Links to a Glossary
of assessment terms and instructions for Tasks and Design are
useful for the development of all performance assessment tasks.
The General
Resources link to a bibliography provides useful resources
on performance assessment. Rubrics
and Scoring section provides resources on rubric development.
Prince George’s County Public Schools
> Developing Performance Assessment Tasks describes the characteristics
of effective performance assessment tasks and how they are scored.
Software
for Creating Rubrics
Rubric
Builder – A free service of the Landmark Project features
a template where rubrics can be constructed, edited and printed.
Rubrics are stored in a rubric bank where they can be accessed
and cloned for your purposes. Existing rubrics can be searched
by keyword. The site contains foreign language rubrics.
RubiStar
– a free tool to help teachers make quality rubrics and to assist
those teachers who want to use rubrics but do not have the time to develop
them from scratch. The site features model rubrics that can be adapted.
Registered users can perform an analysis of their rubric data to analyze
the performance of their entire class and identify problem items. No personal
identification of your students is required to do the analysis.
Teach-nology's
Rubric Generator – Create rubrics online; samples need
to be modified for foreign language.
Books
and Articles
Ainsworth, L. & Christinson, J. (1998).
Student generated rubrics: An assessment model to help all
students succeed. Assessment Bookshelf Series. Orangeburg,
NY: Dale Seymour Publications.
Arter, J. & McTighe, J. (2001). Scoring
rubrics in the classroom: Using performance criteria for assessing
and improving student performance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Press.
Blaz, D. (2001). A collection of performance
tasks and rubics: Foreign languages. Larchmont, NY: Eye on
Education.
Mertler, C. (2001). Designing scoring
rubrics for your classroom. Practical Assessment, Research &
Evaluation, 7(25).
Messick, S. (1994). The interplay of evidence and consequences
in the validation of performance assessments. Educational Researcher
23(2), 13-23.
Moskal, B. (2003). Recommendations
for developing classroom performance assessments and scoring rubrics.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 8(14).
Moskal, B. (2000). Scoring rubrics:
What, when and how? Practical Assessment, Research &
Evaluation, 7(3).
Moskal, B. and J. Leydens. (2000). Scoring rubric development: Validity and reliability.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(10).
Stix, Andi. (1997). Creating
rubrics through negotiable contracting and assessment. ERIC
#TM027246.
|