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Using Rubrics for Assessment in BlackboardEllen Maddin

Teacher Education

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What is a rubric?

• A rubric is a tool for evaluating an assignment, a task or a performance.

• With a well-designed rubric, an instructor can communicate expectations for an assignment, provide focused feedback on works in progress, and evaluate final products.

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BENEFITS OF RUBRICS

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CLARIFY THE LEARNING TARGET(S)

When students know the target, they are better equipped to hit it. This is especially true of complex tasks.

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GUIDE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND DELIVERY

• Taking time to clearly define what students are to learn and to identify what must be demonstrated as evidence of that learning will strengthen instructional delivery.

• The "think work" involved in rubric construction helps the professor to stay focused on the important elements of the course content.

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INCREASE THE ACCURACY AND FAIRNESS OF ASSESSMENT

• Using a rubric will most likely result in a more consistent approach to scoring student work.

• Rubrics help instructors to anchor their judgments by continually drawing their attention back to the key criteria in the assignment or performance.

• There is less likelihood that the scoring will vary from student to student.

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TOOLS FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PEER FEEDBACK

• Rubrics allow students to critique their own performances, a valuable professional skill worthy in and of itself.

• Classmates can give one another formative feedback on work in progress.

• Peer review also helps students to internalize the rubric criteria and become better at applying this understanding to their own work.

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SHOW POTENTIAL FOR ADVANCING THE WORK OF STUDENTS OF COLOR, NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS, AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

• Cultural assumptions may lead instructors to behave as though everyone has an understanding of the expectations for academic performance.

• Rubrics level the playing field by making expectations clear and known to everyone in the room. .

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STEPS FOR DESIGNING RUBRICS

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IDENTIFY PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

• The performance criteria are also known as the dimensions of the rubric.

• What are the key features of the assignment or performance task?

• Somewhere between three and six criteria will work well for the rubric.

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SET PERFORMANCE LEVELS

• Decide how many levels of quality are appropriate for the assignment or performance task. (Three to four levels of quality are typically found in a rubric that will be used for formative assessment.)

• You can use word labels--such as beginning, developing, and accomplished--or you can use numbered levels--such as 1, 2, and 3.

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WRITE DESCRIPTIONS

• In each cell of the rubric grid, you will need a description that captures the level of quality for the criterion being evaluated.

• Each description should be written in parallel structure. The more consistent the descriptions are, the more reliable and accessible the tool will be.

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ANALYTIC OR HOLISTIC?

• With an analytic process, criteria scores are calculated -- either by adding them together, calculating, an average, or applying a weighted formula.

• With a holistic judgment, the evaluator considers each score and then blends them into an overall judgment based on the strength of the performance.

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EXAMPLES

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Begin by identifying the dimensions (criteria) of the rubric. What are the most important elements of this task?

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How many levels of quality do you need? The default in Bb is three – but you can add or remove a column .

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Write the descriptions for each of the criterion. Start with the highest level of quality and move backward.

2. 1. 3.

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You can change the weight for each of the criterion. You can also determine how much credit to give for each level of quality.

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LET’S CREATE A RUBRIC!

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Begin by creating an assignment. After establishing the point value, you can create a new rubric.

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Add rows to increase the number of dimensions in the rubric. Add (or remove) columns to adjust levels of quality.

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REFERENCES

Wolf, K. & Stevens, S. (2007). The role of rubrics in advancing and assessing student learning. Journal of Effective Teaching, 7(1), 3-14.

Stiggins, R. (2001). Student-Involved Classroom Assessment (3rd ed.). New York: Merrill.

Schrock, K. (n.d.). Assessment and rubrics. Schrock’s Guide to Everything. Retrieved from http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html