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Getting Started with Creating Your Own Rubric:

Expanding on the work you did in the first lesson, now would be a great time for you develop your own rubric. In spite of the numerous examples provided above, sometimes it's not possible to find an appropriate existing rubric to use or modify. The purpose of this feedback activity is to explain how to develop a scoring rubric from scratch. The Chicago Board of Education suggests that you follow these steps:

With your colleagues, make a preliminary decision on the dimensions of the performance or product to be assessed.

Look at some actual examples of student work to see if you have omitted any important dimensions.

Refine and consolidate your list of dimensions as needed.

Write a definition of each of the dimensions.

Develop a continuum (scale) for describing the range of products/performances on each of the dimensions.

Alternatively, instead of a set of rating scales, you may choose to develop a holistic scale or a checklist on which you will record the presence or absence of the attributes of a quality product/performance.

Evaluate your rubric using the criteria discussed in Part 1.

Pilot test your rubric or checklist on actual samples of student work.

Revise the rubric and try it out again.

Share the rubric with your students.

[source of steps: Chicago Board of Education]

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