Rubrics are one of the most useful assessment tools a teacher can have. A well-designed rubric tells students exactly what ...

Norming (also called calibration) is the process in which a group of raters decide collectively how to use a rubric to evaluate student work in a consistent manner. Raters are usually faculty and ...

The word “rubric” is used primarily in education. The word’s origins trace back to medieval times and the colored ink used in some illustrated texts: Red ocher. The word has come to mean, however, a ...

Task: Each student will make a 5-minute presentation on the changes in one community over the past 30 years. The student may focus the presentation in any way he or she wishes, but there needs to be a ...

A rubric is an assessment tool that takes the form of a matrix, which describes levels of achievement in a specific area of performance, understanding, or behavior for a learning outcome. Faculty ...

My youngest came home with the map of Africa he had worked on all last week in class, his disappointing grade scrawled across his assignment book. "What happened?" I asked. From the teacher's point of ...