How do I build a rubric for my project?

Score Levels- are each column of the rubric that is used to define a score for student.  We have 4 major Score Levels: Emerging, Developing, Proficient and Advanced.  Each rubric also has score levels to allow for "in between" score levels as labeled below, E/D (Emerging/Developing), D/P (Developing/Proficient) and P/A (Proficient/Advanced).

Descriptors/Indicators - are the bulleted descriptions that students must meet in order to be scored on a score level.

Domains - rows on the rubric

College Ready - is the Proficient Score level for a specific age level rubric.  (Note: Grade level appropriateness will play a role in when students are expected to be proficient.  For example, 11th grade students may not be expected to be proficient on the rubric below, which is a 12 Grade ELA Rubric for Textual Analysis.  Rather, an 11th grade student may be "Developing" on this rubric and his/her score would be passing.)

 

 

While there are lots of effective ways to approach rubric design, the NTN rubrics were designed with the following assumptions about use.  NTN Rubric Assumptions

Let's begin!

1.  Pick Indicators to Assess.  Start by looking at the Knowledge and Thinking in your subject area (if it applies) and pick 1-2 descriptors/indicators across score levels to target skills for your project you are creating. Do this for all the other Learning Outcomes you are going to target and assess in this project from the Collaboration, Written Communication, Oral Presentation and Agency rubrics.

NTN Learning Outcome Rubrics and Templates

3.  Build your rubric in a template. Locate the appropriate NTN Rubric Template that corresponds to your subject area to begin to build your rubric.

Add more indicators to assess skills you would like to focus on for this project. 

4.  Need to add standard specific or project specific indicators to your rubric?  Find your standards you want students to master for the project and add them to your rubric in the content domain.

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