Explain: Slide 7 do a quick show of hands—how many of you use rubrics regularly as “Let’s an assessment tool for student work, student performance, or student do we use rubrics, like the learning?” [PAUSE FOR SHOW OF HANDS] “Why one on the screen, as a key tool of student assessment?” [TAKE RESPONSES FROM PARTICIPANTS] Explain: Slide 8 some time, rubrics have been an important tool for educators to set “For expectations for student performance and assess a range of performance against identified targets. Instructional rubrics, in addition to being aids in assessing student performance, help teachers track student progress, plan instruction, and describe for students what they need to learn. Rubrics are most useful for measuring and assessing complex learning tasks such as reasoning and performance skills.” Explain Slide 7 do a quick review of the student rubric on the “Let’s screen.” [CLICK BACK TO GO TO SLIDE 7] Ask participants some or all of the following questions and solicit their responses: What are the key skills we’re assessing? How would the descriptors of knowledge and skills help a teacher assess student attainment and development? How would the descriptors help students know what they need to do to improve? Would this rubric also help students understand where they are in their attainment and development of this knowledge and these skills? How would a set of these rubrics (for a whole class) help a teacher know how to reshape upcoming instruction? Common facilitation challenges and solutions: Challenges Solutions The majority of participants have Move quickly through this section and do not belabor the points or used rubrics for student assessment questions. This is simply a setup for connecting the structure and for many years and are proficient at it. purpose of a student rubric to one used for educator performance. The majority of participants have not Spend additional time analyzing the example rubric on the screen and used rubrics for student assessment asking probing questions about its structure and purpose. for many years and lack understanding about them. Connecting Wrap-Up/Debrief (2 minutes) Explain: Slide 9 as instructional rubrics support student learning and development in “Just addition to serving as standards-based assessment tools, so do educator performance rubrics serve these dual purposes.
Explain: “Let’s do a quick show of hands—how many of you use rubrics regularly as an assessment tool for student work, student performance, or student learning?” [PAUSE FOR SHOW OF HANDS] “Why do we use rubrics, like the one on the screen, as a key tool of student assessment?” [TAKE RESPONSES FROM PARTICIPANTS] Slide 7 Explain: “For some time, rubrics have been an important tool for educators to set expectations for student performance and assess a range of performance against identified targets. Instructional rubrics, in addition to being aids in assessing student performance, help teachers track student progress, plan instruction, and describe for students what they need to learn. Rubrics are most useful for measuring and assessing complex learning tasks such as reasoning and performance skills.” Slide 8 Explain “Let’s do a quick review of the student rubric on the screen.” [CLICK BACK TO GO TO SLIDE 7] Ask participants some or all of the following questions and solicit their responses: What are the key skills we’re assessing? How would the descriptors of knowledge and skills help a teacher assess student attainment and development? How would the descriptors help students know what they need to do to improve? Would this rubric also help students understand where they are in their attainment and development of this knowledge and these skills? How would a set of these rubrics (for a whole class) help a teacher know how to reshape upcoming instruction? Slide 7 Common facilitation challenges and solutions: Challenges Solutions The majority of participants have used rubrics for student assessment for many years and are proficient at it. Move quickly through this section and do not belabor the points or questions. This is simply a setup for connecting the structure and purpose of a student rubric to one used for educator performance. The majority of participants have not used rubrics for student assessment for many years and lack understanding about them. Spend additional time analyzing the example rubric on the screen and asking probing questions about its structure and purpose. Connecting Wrap-Up/Debrief (2 minutes) Explain: “Just as instructional rubrics support student learning and development in addition to serving as standards-based assessment tools, so do educator performance rubrics serve these dual purposes. Slide 9