Rubrics for Process Oriented Performance Based Assessment continuation

Rubrics for Process Oriented Performance– Based Assessment …continuation

Why include levels of performance? 1. Clearer expectations • Students know what is expected of them and teachers know what to look for in student’s performance.

• Students better understand what good performance on the task looks like if levels of performance are identified. 2. More consistent assessment 3. Better feedback and objective

• Analytic versus holistic rubrics es Holistic ubric An analytic rubric articulates levels of performance for each criterion so that teacher can assess students performance on each criterion. levels of performance for each criterion. Instead, it assigns a level of performance across multiple criteria as a whole.

Recitation rubric Criteria Number of appropriate hand gestures Appropriate facial expression Voice inflection Incorporate proper ambiance through feelings in the voice 1 2 3 1 -4 5 -9 10 -12 Lots of inappropriate facial expression Few inappropriate facial expression No apparent inappropriate facial expression Monotone voice used Can vary voice inflection with difficulty Can easily vary voice inflection Recitation contains very little feelings Recitation has some feelings Recitation fully captures ambiance through feelings in the voice

3 – Excellent Speaker –Included 10 – 12 changes in hand gestures –No apparent inappropriate facial expressions –Utilizes proper voice inflection –Can create proper ambiance for the poem 2 – Good Speaker –Included 5 – 9 changes in hand gestures –Few inappropriate facial expressions –Have some inappropriate voice inflection changes –Almost creating proper ambiance 1 – Poor Speaker –Included 1 – 4 changes in hand gestures –Lots of inappropriate facial expressions –Uses monotone voice –Cannot create proper ambiance

Example of Holistic Rubric Write a paper to persuade the reader to accept clearly defined point of view and course of action

When to choose an analytic rubric? For assignments that involve a larger number of criteria When to use holistic rubric? When a quick or gross judgment needs to be made If the assignment is a minor one such as brief assignment (e. g. check, check-plus, or no check) to quickly review student work.

How many levels of performance should I include in my Rubric? • No specific number of levels • Will vary depending on the task and your needs • Start with at least three levels and then expand if necessary. Example: Makes eye contact with audience: Makes eye contact: never rarely never sometimes usually always