Rubrics

Rubrics Stage 2 recommends rubrics are effective tools to assess students work. An effective rubric should include the following traits: The purpose of the assessment What are the qualities of an excellent performance? It is imperative to assess what we want the students understand. We often tend to assess what is easy. It is a good idea to create an assessment task blueprint that includes the goals and tasks, and evidence of understanding. The following links show examples of well developed rubrics. These exemplify suggestions in developing different types of rubrics. [|www.sdst.org/shs/library/powerpoint/rubrics.ppt] [|http://pixel.fhda.edu/hybrid/goals/ _rubric.html]