Checklists and Rubrics

1. Checklists and Rubrics

2. Checklists and Rubrics • Assessment Tools • Give students the opportunity to understand expectations for being successful

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4. Checklists • "can do–can't do" and "done–not done” • Less informative than rubrics

5. Use Checklists: • to record observed performance • for self-assessment • to keep track of progress over time • to help students fulfill task requirements

6. Advantages Easy to construct and use Align closely with tasks Effective for self and peer assessment Self-monitor progress Useful for sharing information Disadvantages Provide limited information Don’t indicate quality Advantages and Disadvantages

7. Examples

8. Creating a Checklist • Identify • parts of a specific task • other requirements associated with it • Create • columns for tasks • areas for marking yes and no; or check boxes

9. Tips for Creating Checklists • Create during the planning process • Share with students with the initial assignment

10. Tools and Tips for Creating Checklists • PBL Checklists ~ keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation • CARLA’s Virtual Assessment Center ~ research and discussion on using checklists and rubrics as part of the evaluation process • The Essentials of Language Teaching ~ discusses alternative assessment • Self Assessment Checklists for Teachers ~ from Scholastic.com

11. What is a Rubric? • A scoring tool that lays out the specific expectations for an assignment, providing a detailed description of what constitutes acceptable or unacceptable levels of performance. (Stevens & Levi, 2005).

12. Why Use Rubrics? • Assists teachers in explaining grades • Students understand the evaluation process • Helps with explanation of expectations • Clearly defines what a good product is • Makes the grading process consistent and fair • Helps students evaluate their own and each other’s work

13. Teachers can: increase the quality instruction reuse rubrics for various activities Students have: explicit guidelines for expectations a tool to develop their abilities The Importance of Using Rubrics **Create rubrics along with the planning process**

14. Creating Rubrics • Determine the concepts to be taught. • Choose the criteria to be evaluated; Name the evidence to be produced • Develop a grid • Place the concepts and criteria

15. Fiction Writing Rubric

16. Types of Rubrics Analytic vs. Holistic Rubrics • Analytic rubrics identify and assess components of a finished product • Holistic rubrics assess student work as a whole

17. What is Worth Grading? • Following directions • Understanding of material • Proper references to texts, other resources • Organization • Quality of data • Grammar and mechanics • Writing style • Creativity

18. Developing the Scoring Scales • Two to five point scale for components 5 Top quality; original thinking 4 Good quality; some original thinking 3 Acceptable quality; not much original thinking 2 Questionable quality; not much thinking 1 Turned in on time

19. Possible Labels for the Scales • Exemplary, proficient, marginal, unacceptable • Advanced, intermediate high, intermediate, novice • Distinguished, proficient, intermediate, novice • Accomplished, average, developing, beginning • Outstanding, very good, good, poor, unsatisfactory • A, B, C, D, F • Satisfactory, unsatisfactory

20. Tools and Tips for Creating Rubrics • Rubistar ~ a free tool to help teachers make rubrics • Teach-nology ~ allow teachers to make grading rubrics by filling out forms • Recipes4Success ~ create your own customized rubrics based on common classroom learning goals • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators ~ an excellent resource for assessment and rubric information • Tips for Choosing Rubrics ~ from Chicago Public Schools