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Qualities of a Good Rubric Using Rubrics as Formative Assessment

Description of Activity:

Participants will read “The Writing Rubric” article. In partner groups, they will discuss using rubrics as assessment. Groups will then compare the rubric developed by the school team with the rubric in the article. The reporting out will be the creation of a list of qualities the staff agrees on as they will be creating rubrics to use as formative assessment.

Directions:

Read the article “The Writing Rubric”. Use this literacy strategy as you read the article. (Correlation to Teacher Evaluation Instrument: Use of literacy strategy 3A Proficient) While reading; mark agreements with an exclamation point. Mark questions with a question mark. Mark disagreements with a delta symbol.

Using the writing rubric developed by your team and the writing rubric in the article, compare and contrast the 2 rubrics. Create a list of criteria for a quality rubric. Each partner group will report out 2 qualities of a good rubric.

Report Out:

Each partner group will report 2 qualities. Rhonda will record them on the Smart Board and then print the quality list for each participant. These criteria will be used to create rubrics.