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Ontario’s Curriculum When Ontario’s Ministry of Education introduced the new curriculum, the guidelines included a new, standardized way of assessing and evaluating students. The Ministry guidelines were very specific about how a rubric should be structured and the language it contains. In addition, every rubric needed to explicitly state which curriculum expectations were being measured. The creation of a well written, effective rubric can be very time consuming. What could be done to reduce the amount of time it takes to create these assessments without sacrificing the quality?

The Expectations To begin with, we scanned and entered every course and expectation in the curriculum. We then created a powerful database which linked courses with their general and specific expectations.

The Criteria Next, we hired a staff of almost 30 teachers to write thousands of rich and diverse criteria for teachers to choose from. Next, we hired a staff of almost 30 teachers to write thousands of rich and diverse criteria for teachers to choose from. Our writers took the utmost care to ensure that the criteria meet the ministry guidelines. The criteria: Our writers took the utmost care to ensure that the criteria meet the ministry guidelines. The criteria: Describe achievement in terms of success, not failure Describe achievement in terms of success, not failure Are either qualitative or quantitative but not both Are either qualitative or quantitative but not both Are fresh, creative and original. Are fresh, creative and original.

The Rubric Builder Now you know all of the work that went into creating the database of courses, expectations and criteria. Now you know all of the work that went into creating the database of courses, expectations and criteria. Let’s take a look at the actual program and how easy it is to turn all that information into a first class rubric with The Rubric Builder. Let’s take a look at the actual program and how easy it is to turn all that information into a first class rubric with The Rubric Builder.

The Information Screen The information page contains your school name and a list of all the teachers who have used the program. These are stored in the program and only need be entered the first time. This screen is also where you will provide a name and description for your new rubric. At the bottom of your screen, you will choose the grade level and course before continuing to the next screen.

The Expectations Screen This screen will list all of the general and specific expectations for your chosen course taken directly from the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum. Double click or use the arrows to add or remove expectations. You also have the ability to search for and choose expectations from other courses. This is very useful on those occasions when you will have inter-disciplinary assignments.

Criteria Screen On this screen you will select the criteria that will be used in the assessment. To make it easier to find the desired criteria you can limit the list by task or category. You will probably also want to limit the criteria to those which are relevant to your chosen expectations. Select criteria by dragging the text into one of four categories boxes: Knowledge, Thinking, Communication or Application. You can also click on the arrow to have the criteria added to the most appropriate box. This screen will also allow you to create your own criteria and level descriptors for this rubric.

View/Edit Screen This screen allows you to view and edit the rubric before it is printed. You may double- click on any of the squares to begin editing the text it contains. You may add custom criteria at this stage as well. This is the screen which will allow you to have complete control over how the rubric is worded. All of the criteria and the level descriptors are completely editable to ensure that you get the exact wording that is right for your rubric.

Print / Export Screen This final screen will allow you to preview and print your completed rubric. You may also export to Word and WordPerfect in order to further refine your rubric before printing it There are three other forms which may be printed if you find them relevant to your particular rubric: “Teacher's Companion Information Sheet” “Leveled Marking Sheet” “Checklist Marking Sheet”

Software that is incredibly fast and simple to learn. The actual Ontario Ministry of Education expectations are included and linked to the criteria. Thousands of rich and diverse criteria and level descriptions for you to choose from. All criteria were written by teachers and adhere to the Ministry of Education guidelines. All criteria are searchable by task, expectation, course, achievement and key word. Powerful and flexible. Your rubric will look exactly the way you want it to. Choose from 8 different ways to print or export to Microsoft® Word and Corel WordPerfect®. Print a leveled marking sheet, perfect for marking oral presentations. What makes The Rubric Builder so great?

Elementary, Grades Secondary, Grades 9 – 12 School and board licenses available Versions: Hundreds of schools and thousands of teachers already using The Rubric Builder. Site license permits all faculty to use the software at home. Unlimited and telephone tech support for one year. Available since 1999; Time tested. Buy with Confidence :