RUBRIC: RubiStar Rubric Generator
RubiStar is a tool to help
the teacher who wants to
use rubrics but does not
have the time to develop
them from scratch.
While many teachers want to
use rubrics or are
experimenting with writing
rubrics, they can be quite
time-consuming to develop.
RubiStar is a tool to help the
teacher who wants to use
rubrics but does not have the
time to develop them from
scratch. RubiStar provides
generic rubrics that can simply be printed and used for many typical projects and
research assignments. The unique thing about RubiStar, however, is that it
provides these generic rubrics in a format that can be customized. The teacher can
change almost all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project.
For example, if RubiStar suggests for a multimedia presentation that "The student
includes at least three slides" for the highest rating, the teacher could change that to
read "The student includes at least 5 slides" or "The student includes a title slide
with the authors' names; a table of contents with links to all slides that follow, ..."
RubiStar also does away with the tedious typing of similar content across all the
various quality rating. When you choose a category to evaluate, all the quality
ratings are filled in and are ready to customize.
Retrieved from: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
CHECK LIST: Project Based Learning
Completing class projects
can be fun for your
students, especially if
they know exactly what
is needed. Creating
guidelines can be timeconsuming though, so
we've made a way for
you to do it in no time!
To make a project
checklist for your
students, first choose the
grade level for the type
of project you want your
students to do. You can choose from writing, presentation, multimedia, or science
projects.
A project based learning method is a comprehensive approach to instruction.
Your students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of
skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology.
Although this tool is aimed at K-12, I found that many of the checklists are
appropriate for Professional Technical Education as well. Students struggle with
written assignments and these customizable checklists help clarify what is
expected from their written work.
Retrieved from: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: Quick Guide to Writing
Performance Standards
This guide comes from the
Department of Defense
Senior Executives and
Senior Officials website. It
is an easy to follow guide
that walks you through the
steps of developing
performance standards in
any setting.
Retrieved from:
http://www.cpms.osd.mil/sespm/d
ocs/HandoutGuidetoWritingPerfor
manceStandards.pdf
SCORING GUIDE: Summative Assessment Scoring Guide
Templates
These scoring
guide templates
come from Fox
Valley Technical
College. They
are designed for
summative
assessments, but
could easily be
altered to fit
formative
assessments as well.
The templates are downloadable word documents that can be personalized to
your course or program.
Retrieved from: http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1668&PID=120
RUBRIC: Creating a Rubric Tutorial
This rubric tutorial comes from the University of Florida. It walks you through the
steps of creating a rubric and provides several examples for each step.
Retrieved from: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/eta/Rubric_Tutorial/