Discover the power of rubrics to make standards work for you and your students! Creating and Using Rubrics in Today's Classrooms: A Practical Guide provides K-12 classroom teachers with a power-house of resources for developing and implementing rubrics that boost student learning and achievement across the content areas. Not just another book of pre-designed rubrics, this comprehensive guide provides the fundamental building blocks for customizing effective rubrics that meet the needs of your students and the standards of your state. Destined to become a daily reference for all the educational stake-holders: school leaders, staff & curriculum developers, pre-service and in-service educators alike, this unique handbook helps you streamline consistent and effective scoring systems for guaranteed learning improvement!
The easy-to-use guide demystifies the daunting task of creating and using effective rubrics scoring tools by providing busy educators with readable theory and proven practical strategy. Here, you'll find clear answers to educators' most-asked questions about rubrics:
Rubrics Defined... What do effective rubrics look like?
Make the Change...How can I make the shift from using letter grades?
Get Results...How can I design valid rubrics that accurately measure student achievement?
Meet the Standards...How can I match rubrics to my state or district's academic standards?
Throughout the text, you'll discover versatile rubric applications that can be adapted for use across all grade-levels and disciplines, including special education, or targeted for use within specific content areas. Each chapter features intuitive organization, user-friendly theory, sample rubrics, and discussion questions to help you get started right away.
Extensive online and literature resource listings allow educators to customize rubrics development initiatives that meet the diverse needs and standards of their individual schools, districts and states.
A useful glossary reviews basic, need-to-know vocabulary for effective use of standards-based rubrics and assessment.
A fantastic addition to any curriculum and assessment development initiative, this accessible handbook gives you and your students everything you need to use rubrics toward content mastery!
