Chapter 5 ~ Quick Response

“Use a rubric to assess our work” (98). A rubric is a great tool which clearly outlines the expectations of the assignments given to students. It is good for these to be used by the teacher and also by the students if they are working in groups assessing each other.

I think a rubric is crucial to the classroom, not only for the teacher but for the students as well. A rubric gives the teacher a clearly specified set of grading elements so they can go down the list checking off which elements were completed and to what degree. This is also very important to the student; it assures there is fair grading across the entire spectrum of students. With a rubric expectations are clear, and there is little room for error- there is not question of what is to be expected.