Rubric
Scoring Results
Your assignment
for Part 2 of our seminar was to use a rubric for scoring three
examples of student work: a character sketch (Rudi), a research
report (The Sea Lion), and a reading journal entry (Pinballs).
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Rudi: About
a third of you gave the character sketch of Rudi a score of
4, and two-thirds scored it a 3! (A one-point difference in
scores is acceptable when two raters score the same papers for
a statewide writing test. The final score is the sum of the
two raters' scores.)
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The Sea
Lion: The scores for this research report were divided equally
between 2 and 2-.
- Pinballs:
This writing is an excerpt from a reading journal in which students
record their brief, personal reactions to a book. Because this
journal entry was inadvertently described as a book response paper,
many of you assumed it was an essay. As a result, your evaluations
were on the low end of the rating scale. The word "journal"
now appears on your screen to describe these informal responses.
Through a fortunate twist of fate, however, your original scores
were not shown.
The following
examples show comments made by some of our workshop's members about
student performances for this assessment.
Rudi: "Student
showed excellent understanding of the main character. It was generally
well-developed, supporting most observations with specific examples
from the story (e.g. politeness, courtesy)... followed the required
format... flowed nicely and reflected strong understanding."
The Sea Lion:
"The student did know a number of facts about sea lions. However,
the report was not logically organized and was generally disjointed
and rambling."
"Good content.
Poorly presented."
Pinballs: "Student
is going on about two different ideas. Needs to work on sticking
better to one topic. It was interesting to read, but it lacked the
refinement of a top paper."
"Many assertions
are appropriate in supporting her identified theme of friendship,
but aren't supported by specific details."
Now that you
have seen examples of rubrics and practiced scoring students' work,
get ready to move on to Part 3 of this workshop, 'Design Your Own
Rubrics.'
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