1. Authentic Assessment and Rubrics Adapted from materials developed by Entisar Ali Muaither Independent Preparatory School for Girls

2. Learner Objectives   To design rubrics appropriate to their assessment types.   To differentiate between valid and invalid rubrics.   To differentiate between reliable and unreliable rubrics.   To identify types and examples of authentic assessments.

3. Rubrics Types Situations for implementation Design and construction Aligning rubrics to assessments Criteria Descriptors Types of Assessments Selected response Constructed response Authentic assessment Situations for implementation Types Workshop Topics

5. Overview Do you use rubrics? How?

6. What’s a Rubric? 1.Name your favorite food. 2.What about it makes it your favorite? 3.Name your least favorite food. 4.What about it makes it so awful? 5.Name two foods that are better than your least favorite food, but not as good as your favorite. 6.What about them makes them in-between?

7. How can you create your own rubric? LevelCriteria and Descriptors Ideal/BestCharacteristic 1– Quality 4 or Degree 4 Characteristic 2– Quality 4 or Degree 4 AdequateCharacteristic 1—Quality 3 or Degree 3 Characteristic 2—Quality 3 or Degree 3 Acceptable but not adequate Characteristic 1—Quality 2 or Degree 2 Characteristic 2—Quality 2 or Degree 2 Minimum acceptable Characteristic 1—Quality 1 or Degree 1 Characteristic 2—Quality 1 or Degree 1

8. Rubric-related websites Comprehensive http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/index.php http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/index.php Math Rubrics http://math.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=rubrics&SUName= math&TopNode=99 http://math.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=rubrics&SUName= math&TopNode=99 http://math.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=rubrics&SUName= math&TopNode=99 http://math.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=rubrics&SUName= math&TopNode=99 Problem-Based Learning Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml Problem-Based Learning Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml Oral Presentation http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/testing.php3?idunique=3&max =6&checklist=11 http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/testing.php3?idunique=3&max =6&checklist=11 http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/testing.php3?idunique=3&max =6&checklist=11 http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/testing.php3?idunique=3&max =6&checklist=11 Rubric-building software http://www.rubrics.com/rubric_examples.html http://www.rubrics.com/rubric_examples.htmlhttp://www.rubrics.com/rubric_examples.html