“Literacy Lines”
Do you want to cut down on grading time while ensuring more objective grading practices? Do you want to measure your student’s performance in more authentic ways? Do you want to define expectations while informing students and parents of what is expected? Do you want to assess students in the actual process of learning in real-life rather than on isolated tests? If you do, then consider rubrics. They are much better than end of the story tests, used by a basal. Their test are only appropriate for maybe a third of the students in your class. That type of assessment does not give a real measure for the top or the lowest students in the class. It is a pass/fail experience.
When using rubrics all students are assessed at their performance level. You are able to define what it is the student has done successfully and what they need to do next to reach the highest levels of expectation. Rubrics help students set goals, understand tasks, and achieve learning goals.
To get you started using rubrics, I am attaching some to this literacy line. Let me know if you need more! If you already have them, great! I hope you’ll try using them soon.
I’m sending this early this week, as I will be at Furman on Friday. Have a safe Halloween and a restful weekend!
Ellen
Do you want to cut down on grading time while ensuring more objective grading practices? Do you want to measure your student’s performance in more authentic ways? Do you want to define expectations while informing students and parents of what is expected? Do you want to assess students in the actual process of learning in real-life rather than on isolated tests? If you do, then consider rubrics. They are much better than end of the story tests, used by a basal. Their test are only appropriate for maybe a third of the students in your class. That type of assessment does not give a real measure for the top or the lowest students in the class. It is a pass/fail experience.
When using rubrics all students are assessed at their performance level. You are able to define what it is the student has done successfully and what they need to do next to reach the highest levels of expectation. Rubrics help students set goals, understand tasks, and achieve learning goals.
To get you started using rubrics, I am attaching some to this literacy line. Let me know if you need more! If you already have them, great! I hope you’ll try using them soon.
I’m sending this early this week, as I will be at Furman on Friday. Have a safe Halloween and a restful weekend!
Ellen
