Student-Generated Success Criteria
Workshop Template
1st Activity: Create a Student-Generated PROCEDURAL Scoring Guide
2nd Activity: Create a TASK-SPECIFIC Scoring Guide
3rd Activity (Optional): Create a GENERIC Scoring Guide
Remember to use OBJECTIVE
wording in the Success Criteria.
Activity #1: Choose a Grade-Level Classroom Procedure;
Create a PROCEDURAL Scoring Guide.
Grade Level and Classroom Procedure:
Names of Levels
Student-Generated Success Criteria
Activity #2: Choose a Task-Specific Assignment or Performance Task;
Create a TASK-SPECIFIC Scoring Guide.
Grade Level and Content Area: 4 Science
Name of Task: Brochure Research project
Task-Specific Directions: Create a brochure about diabetes.
Step 1 – Using online materials and book resources research the topic.
Step 2 – Write down your findings in point form notes in your own words.
Step 3 – Collect relevant pictures from online or by drawing.
Step 4 – Create an appropriate title for your brochure.
Step 5 – Organize your gathered information and pictures into 4 categories (What is diabetes ?
What symptoms does diabetes have ? How can you prevent diabetes ? How to treat diabetes? ) on
your brochure template provided.
Step 6 – Ensure the font is evenly spaced and content is visible to the reader.
Student-Generated Success Criteria for Each Category and Level:
K = Knowledge and Understanding of subject-specific content
Ideas Adapted from Student Generated Rubrics: An Assessment Model to Help All Students Succeed
By Larry Ainsworth and Jan Christinson; © Larry Ainsworth 2022. All rights reserved. Please copy or
distribute only w/ permission. larry@larryainsworth.com
T = Thinking
Use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes
C = Communication
Conveying meaning thru various forms (oral, visual, written, media) & effective use of conventions
A = Application
Knowledge and skills in familiar contexts, new contexts, and between contexts
Level 4
- Meets 4 or more of
proficient criteria
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Level 3 Proficient
- Used a combination of
online materials and book
resources research the
topic.
Write down your findings
in point form notes in
your own words.
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Level 2
Level 1
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- Cite your resources
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Transferable Skills:
Students should demonstrate implementation of any of these transferable skills for skill
development:
 Critical thinking and problem solving
 Innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship
 Self-directed learning
 Collaboration
Ideas Adapted from Student Generated Rubrics: An Assessment Model to Help All Students Succeed
By Larry Ainsworth and Jan Christinson; © Larry Ainsworth 2022. All rights reserved. Please copy or
distribute only w/ permission. larry@larryainsworth.com
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Communication
Global citizenship and sustainability
Digital literacy
Optional Activity #3: Choose a Topic Applicable to More Than One Assignment or Task (Science
Experiment Write-Ups; Math Problem Solving Procedure, etc.)
Create a GENERIC Scoring Guide.
Grade Level and Content Area:
Name of Task:
Task-Specific Directions:
Student-Generated Success Criteria for Each Category and Level:
K = Knowledge and Understanding of subject-specific content
T = Thinking
Use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes
C = Communication
Conveying meaning thru various forms (oral, visual, written, media) & effective use of conventions
A = Application
Knowledge and skills in familiar contexts, new contexts, and between contexts
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
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Ideas Adapted from Student Generated Rubrics: An Assessment Model to Help All Students Succeed
By Larry Ainsworth and Jan Christinson; © Larry Ainsworth 2022. All rights reserved. Please copy or
distribute only w/ permission. larry@larryainsworth.com
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Ideas Adapted from Student Generated Rubrics: An Assessment Model to Help All Students Succeed
By Larry Ainsworth and Jan Christinson; © Larry Ainsworth 2022. All rights reserved. Please copy or
distribute only w/ permission. larry@larryainsworth.com