Rubric development and examples

Rubrics might be used in course-embedded assessment and some demonstration assessment activities. For example, an assessment center (demonstration) that incorporates a speech may use an oral presentation rubric. If the same rubric is used in assessing a classroom assignment, it is called course-embedded assessment.

Tools for rubric development

Steps for creating a rubric can be found at http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/rubrics.html.

California State University, Fresno provides useful information about using scoring rubrics at http://www.csufresno.edu/cetl/assessment/UsingScoringRubrics.pdf.

Teach-nology, which is heavily weighted to secondary education, includes a general rubric generator http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/general (This tool prompts the user for Learning Objectives and then levels of mastery for each. The end product is a table with objectives listed along the rows, and criteria for different performance rankings in the columns.)

Examples of rubrics

Class participation:

• Teach-nology http://teachers.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/classpar.cgi

Critical Thinking:

• California State University, Fresno http://www.csufresno.edu/cetl/assessment/assmnt.html (Select Critical Thinking)
   

• Washington State University http://wsuctproject.wsu.edu/ctr.htm
   

• Bowling Green State University
        http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/Inquiry.htm
        http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/CreativeProblemSolving.htm
        http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/DecisionMaking.htm

• Bowling Green State University http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/ParticipateAndLead.htm

• Bowling Green State University http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/Present.htm
   

• North Carolina State University http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html 
   

• Teach-nology http://www.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/presentation.cgi  or http://www.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/oralex.cgi
   

• Pearson Education Inc. (applicable to business students’ presentations)

http://www.phschool.com/professional_development/assessment/rub_oral_presentation.html

Writing and research

• Bowling Green State University http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/Write.htm

• California State University, Fresno http://www.csufresno.edu/cetl/assessment/assmnt.html (select “writing”)

• Teach-nology http://teachers.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/research.cgi