SELECTED SERVICE LEARNING RUBRICS
This handout contains selected links related to service learning. All links were retrieved May 10, 2011. The links may be
ones that can be used as is, or they may suggest ways to develop rubrics of your own.
For collections of additional rubrics for a variety of uses, see:
http://www.uni.edu/assessment/documents/rubricdocument.pdf
Assorted Rubrics
Service Learning Framework; Make Your Teaching Stick, and Change the World!: A Manual for Developing Your Own
Service Learning Project (A handbook with some rubrics and a framework for thinking about service learning projects)
Using Rubrics to Assess Learning Through Service in Maine (Includes several specific rubrics--e.g., field work, exit
interview, poster)
Service Learning and Assessment: A Field Guide for Teachers (This is a comprehensive guide for teachers on assessing
service-learning. The following topics are covered: planning for assessment, rubrics for looking at student products, KWLs
and Anchor tasks, inviting students into the process, how service-learning can demonstrate standards, and planning and
reflection tools.)
C.A.R.T., Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools for Measuring Educational and Youth Outcomes (Use the
search function at the top of the page, with assessment as the search term.)
Civic Engagement/Citizenship
VALUE Rubric for Civic Engagement
VALUE Rubric for Intercultural Knowledge
Citizenship Rubric
Civic Engagement Quiz
Community Partners
Evaluation of Student Service Learning Performance by Agency
Methods and Strategies for Community Partner Assessment
Essays and Papers
Service Learning Education Project Opportunities and an Essay Rubric
Service Learning Final Paper Rubric
Posters
Service Learning Poster Competition Evaluation Rubric
Using Rubrics to Assess Learning Through Service in Maine (Includes several specific rubrics including one for posters)
PowerPoint Presentations
Service Learning PowerPoint Presentation Rubric
Service Learning Project Multimedia Presentation Rubrics
Projects
Student Service Learning Project Rubric
Grading Rubric for a Work-Based Project
Reflections and Reflective Journals
Rubrics to Assess Journal Entries
Rubric for Grading Journals