Developing and Applying a Rubric to Use as an Assessment Tool

Objective: Students will be able to use internet resources provided to learn about the use of a rubric as assessment.

Objective: Students will be able to develop a format for presenting a clear and well-organized rubric.

Objective: Students will use the rubric created to evaluate a website they choose.

Introduction:

We are asked to create rubrics for a variety of reasons in our classroom instruction. Rubrics can be used to assess almost anything, from student writing, to a science project, to classroom behavior. It is one of the best tools for student assessment, because it provides a way for the student to know what is expected of them, and it also provides a quick, easy, and fair way for a teacher to evaluate student assignments, projects, behavior, etc. Some teachers may not be aware of some of the online resources available to them in creating a rubric.

Activity:

Read the following article written by Jamie McKenzie to learn more about the importance of technology assessment in the classroom.

Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools - http://www.fno.org/feb98/cov98feb.html

You may use any of the following websites to learn about different themes and styles of rubrics. You may use any of the websites provided to help in creating and organizing your own rubric.

Rubi-Star - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

The Staff Room - http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm

Teacher Rubric-Makers - http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

Evaluation Rubrics for Web Sites - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm

Assignment:

Once you have developed your rubric, you will apply your rubric, along with the internet searching skills you have developed in this course, to find and evaluate any website of your choice.
You must show the score you would give the website, and explain in at least one paragraph the reasons for your score.

The resources listed below are there to guide you in your search for a website on the topic you choose.

Post your file to your web index page, and submit your rubric and explanation to your Instructor.

Rubric:

Level One (Beginning)

Level Two (Developing)

Level Three

(Advanced)

Rubric

Doesn’t show knowledge of format for rubric.

Disorganized.

Poorly written assessment criteria.

Shows some knowledge of format for rubric.

Fairly organized.

Assessment criteria is stated vaguely.

Shows skillful knowledge of format for rubric.

Well-organized. Clearly stated assessment criteria.

Rubric Scoring of Web Site

Evaluation is unclear.

No score is given.

Evaluation does not show much thought.

Score is not given for all categories.

Thoughtful and meaningful evaluation.

Score for each category is given clearly.

Explanation of Evaluation

No explanation is given.

No defense of rubric score included.

Fairly well-written explanation given.

Some defense is given for the website’s rubric score.

Well-written and developed explanation.

Good defense is given for the website’s rubric score.