CONNECTICUT ALTERNATE ROUTE TO CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Office of Higher Education
Revised June 18, 2014
Mathematics Lesson Plan Assessment Rubric
Outcome: Candidate will present an effective lesson plan and lesson in alignment with applicable CSDE and NCTM Standards
Name of candidate:
Lesson Objectives - Objectives must be measurable, appropriate for
this lesson, appropriate for the developmental level of the students,
and be challenging but realistic.
Performance Standard Focus - Lesson should help students achieve
one or more of the content standards.
Content Knowledge and/or Skills – The lesson should help students
understand important content knowledge and/or develop essential
content skills and be aligned with appropriate national and common
core state content standards.
Teaching Strategies - Should be appropriate for the objectives of the
lesson and the developmental level of the students as well as varied
enough to engage students in the learning process.
Organization: Initiation and Closure - The initiation of the lesson
should help students to connect with the previous lesson and/or prior
knowledge. The closure of the lesson should cause students to reflect
on what they have learned as a result of the lesson.
Assessment of Student Learning - The planned assessment(s) will allow
the teacher to know whether students have met the objectives of the
lesson and will cause them to reflect on their own learning.
Strategies for Differentiation – The plan should provide for the special
learning needs of students.
Comments for Continuous Improvement:
Assignment date:
Evaluated by:
Unacceptable
Acceptable
Target
Objectives are not clear or measurable, and
are not developmentally challenging or
appropriate for the intended lesson and
grade level.
Objectives are clear and measurable,
and are developmentally challenging
and appropriate for the intended
lesson and grade level.
Overall, the objectives exceed
expectations and support the
developmental level of the students.
Students will be very challenged by this
lesson.
Appropriate alignment with one or more
content standards is evident in this lesson
plan.
Connections to content knowledge and
required skills are very appropriate for the
lesson. Students will understand
important connections to content
knowledge and/or will develop essential
content skills. The lesson plan clearly
aligns with appropriate national and/or
common core state standards.
Teaching strategies are specifically aligned
with the lesson objectives, and provide
enough variety for different learning
styles. There is ample evidence to support
opportunities for active student
engagement.
The lesson plan is very organized and
includes appropriate lesson initiation and
closure activities. Students will be able to
reflect on what they have learned from
the lesson.
Assessment strategies are well aligned
with the objectives of the lesson.
Students will be able to reflect on what
they have learned from the lesson, and
the teacher will have enough data to
determine if the objectives of the lesson
were met.
Differential strategies are very clearly
defined, and will provide ample
opportunity to address many types of
specialized learning needs.
The alignment with one or more content
standards is not evident in the lesson plan.
There are few and/or weak connections to
content knowledge and required skills. It is
not clear how the lesson plan aligns with
the appropriate national and/or common
core state standards.
Teaching strategies are not organized or
aligned with the lesson objectives. There
are no evident opportunities for student
engagement.
The lesson plan is not organized enough to
reflect appropriate lesson initiation and
closure. There is no or little evidence that
students will be able to reflect on what
they have learned from the lesson.
Assessment strategies do not align with the
objectives of the lesson. There is no
evidence that students will be able to
reflect on what they have learned from the
lesson.
Differential strategies are not clearly
defined, and do not provide enough
opportunity to address the special learning
needs of students.
Connections to content knowledge
and required skills are appropriate
for the lesson. Students are exposed
to content knowledge connections
and essential content skills. The
lesson plan aligns with appropriate
national and/or common core state
standards.
Teaching strategies are organized or
aligned with the lesson objectives.
There are some opportunities for
student engagement, and some signs
that strategies will support varied
learning styles.
The lesson plan is organized and
includes appropriate lesson initiation
and closure. Students should be
able to reflect on what they have
learned from the lesson.
Assessment strategies align with the
objectives of the lesson. There is
some evidence that students will be
able to reflect on what they have
learned from the lesson.
Differential strategies are clearly
defined, and will support some types
of specialized learning needs.