Rubric Design Fundamentals

1. W. Mei Fang Senior Instructional Designer and Instructor, CFD Resources: www.sjsu.edu.cfd/resources/assessment Rubric Design Fundamentals

2. What’s a Rubric? “A Rubric is an assessment tool that communicates to students your expectations on how well they are or could be accomplishing their learning outcomes.” “It’s a matrix using rating scales and criteria of learning outcomes.” “ A tool to help grade consistently.” “It’s a list of observable and measurable learning outcomes in different stages.”

3. Assessing If and How Well We Learned Photo credit: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery

4. Example ofRubric Componentsfor Tying Shoelaces

5. Example ofRubric Componentsfor Tying Shoelaces Rating Scale or Learning Benchmarks Assessed Areas or Learning Outcomes Reward Descriptor that is observable and measurable

6. Rubric Types and Characteristics Holisticrubrics will provide the big picture of your assessment criteria and general descriptors of your expectations for the assignment. Examples Analytic rubrics will break down the big picture into components of specific expectation, quantifiable descriptors with rewards such as points, grade, etc.

7. Example Rubric Library at Fresno: http://www.csufresno.edu/oie/assessment/rubric.shtml

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9. Evaluation of Samples of Rubrics from Higher Ed

10. Example On business Planhttp://course1.winona.edu/shatfield/air/Business%20Plan%20%20%20Walton%20College.doc

11. Example www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/pdf/CreativeThinking.pdf

12. Examples http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/457/rubric.htm

13. Example Rubric Library at Fresno: http://www.csufresno.edu/oie/assessment/rubric.shtml

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15. Tips for Creating a Rubric Align the rubric criteria and weighting with your learning outcomes in your syllabus. Decide on the purpose(s) for your rubric before selecting a construction format Repurpose or customize from existing rubric examples Construct your descriptors to be observable, measurable, single-minded, and worded for students to understand Involve students to create a rubric or to test a rubric Be flexible with your rubric so that you can revise the expectations according to the actual levels of your students’ performance

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17. Sharing on Rubric Development from Faculty Members http://elixr.merlot.org/assessment-evaluation/assessment-rubrics/assessment-rubrics4

18. Resources • Steps to create a rubrichttp://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/center-for-faculty-development/Documents/Tutorials/Rubrics/index.htm • Basic examples of rubric typeshttp://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/457/rubric.htm • Resource for examples of rubrics [.pdf] http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cts=1331077542135&ved=0CFIQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csub.edu%2FTLC%2Foptions%2Fresources%2Fhandouts%2FRubric_Packet_Jan06.pdf&ei=259WT7vTJabkiALUxumHCA&usg=AFQjCNHipUTAhgrDdWmuu_YZVsig3tYngw • VALUE examples from AACUhttp://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/index.cfm?CFID=39770849&CFTOKEN=62721187 • Rubric Examples from Fresno http://www.csufresno.edu/irap/assessment/rubric.shtml • Rubric example for creating a business plan [.doc]http://course1.winona.edu/shatfield/air/Business%20Plan%20%20%20Walton%20College.doc • Rubric example for writinghttp://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/a/sam50/rubric.htm • More examples and related resources from the CFD website http://www.sjsu.edu/cfd/teaching-learning/assessment/ 6 Facets of Understanding Rubrichttp://faculty.fullerton.edu/npelaez/BIOL102/UBDrubric.htm