1.  Rubrics for Literacy Learning

2.  What is your current view of rubrics? What do you know about them and what experiences have you had using them ? Self Reflection

3. What is a rubric? rubric video

4.  Rubrics seem to have the potential of promoting learning and/or improving instruction. The main reason for this potential lies in the fact that rubrics make expectations and criteria explicit, which also facilitates feedback and self-assessment. Research says…

5.  A Rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria  Rubrics are powerful authentic tools to assess students’ work/performance.  The scoring tool lists specific criteria and each criteria or standard has a gradation scale.( Numerical, qualitative etc.)  They are a teaching and learning tool.  They are roadmaps for the expectations.  They are for all areas of content and can be adapted  Teachers can use them, and students can peer-assess as well as self-assess. What are Rubrics?

6.  Two Major Aspects:  Coherent set of criteria ( What should be learned… not tasks to complete)  Descriptions of levels of performance ( True descriptions) Bottom Line

7.  Criteria- Must have specific list of criteria so students know exactly what the teacher is expecting.  Description of levels of performance quality on each criteria: This is basically a scale based on the degree the standard has been met. (Typically 4- 6 levels of gradation)**Assignment of value if used for grading. Characteristics of Rubrics

8.  Discuss learning targets for the following 8 th grade language arts writing standard:  “Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self—generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.” Learning Targets

16.  Checklists  Task sheets  ****and why these are still valuable What rubrics are not

17. Great resources for all things rubric