Reflection on Module 8: RUBRICS, PORTFOLIO AND PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT
Going to rubric, purposely, it summarizes both student performance and product against the criteria the teacher priory established. It even makes scoring of student performance more exact or precise and a clear description of what quality work looks like. The series of statements in the rubric which describes a range of levels of achievement of a process, product, or a performance must be carefully constructed. Their are three types of rubrics. The Holistic rubrics, Analytic rubrics and General rubrics.
Holistic rubrics provide a single score based on an overall impression of a student’s performance on a task. The converse is an analytic rubric. Advantages: quick scoring provides an overview of student achievement. Disadvantages: does not provide detailed information, may be difficult to provide one overall score
*Use when: you want a quick snapshot of achievement. A single dimension is adequate to define quality.
Analytic rubrics provide feedback along several dimensions. The converse is a holistic rubric. Advantages: more detailed feedback, scoring more consistent across students and graders Disadvantage: time consuming to score
Use when: you want to see relative strengths and weaknesses. You want detailed feedback. You want to assess complicated skills or performance. You want students to self-assess their understanding or performance.
General rubrics contain criteria that are general across tasks. The converse is a task specific rubric. Advantage: can use the same rubric across different tasks Disadvantage: feedback may not be specific enough.
Use when: you want to assess reasoning, skills, and products. All students are not doing exactly the same task.
Task specific rubrics are unique to a specific task. The converse is a general rubric. Advantage: more reliable assessment of performance. Disadvantage: difficult to construct rubrics for all tasks.
Use when: you want to assess knowledge. when consistency of scoring is extremely important.
Examples:
General holistic rubric for an oral presentation
General holistic rubric for a critical thinking exercise
General analytic rubric for a writing assignment
Task holistic rubric for a case study
Task analytic rubric for a research article
Task analytic rubric for a case study
Holistic rubrics provide a single score based on an overall impression of a student’s performance on a task. The converse is an analytic rubric. Advantages: quick scoring provides an overview of student achievement. Disadvantages: does not provide detailed information, may be difficult to provide one overall score
*Use when: you want a quick snapshot of achievement. A single dimension is adequate to define quality.
Analytic rubrics provide feedback along several dimensions. The converse is a holistic rubric. Advantages: more detailed feedback, scoring more consistent across students and graders Disadvantage: time consuming to score
Use when: you want to see relative strengths and weaknesses. You want detailed feedback. You want to assess complicated skills or performance. You want students to self-assess their understanding or performance.
General rubrics contain criteria that are general across tasks. The converse is a task specific rubric. Advantage: can use the same rubric across different tasks Disadvantage: feedback may not be specific enough.
Use when: you want to assess reasoning, skills, and products. All students are not doing exactly the same task.
Task specific rubrics are unique to a specific task. The converse is a general rubric. Advantage: more reliable assessment of performance. Disadvantage: difficult to construct rubrics for all tasks.
Use when: you want to assess knowledge. when consistency of scoring is extremely important.
Examples:
General holistic rubric for an oral presentation
General holistic rubric for a critical thinking exercise
General analytic rubric for a writing assignment
Task holistic rubric for a case study
Task analytic rubric for a research article
Task analytic rubric for a case study