Chapter 8 & 9 Assessment Rubric (Model & Supporting Explanations)

Category

Begi Proficient
nnin
g

Mastery

Context of
Extremely SOPHISTICATED analysis of the problem and
Problem (See
Analy PROFICIENT context of the issue. Proposal is imaginative, taking into
Guidelines Sheet) sis of analysis of
account the complexities of the issue and limits are clearly
the
the problem identified.
proble and context
m is of the issue -Incorporates all 5 bullet points in the above manner.
vague while
or
identifying
only some limits
indirec of the
tly
proposal.
addre Identifies
sses workable
the
approach for
proble solving the
m. It is problem.
unlikel
y the -Incorporates
solutio all 5 bullet
n will points in the
addre above
ss the manner.
specifi
c
OR
proble -Missing 1
m.
bullet point.
The other
bullet points
Incorp are
orates proficient.
all 5
bullet
points
in the
above
mann
er.
OR
Missin
g 4 or
more
bullet
points.
The

other
bullet
points
are
profici
ent.

Show
understanding of
the big idea (How
Photosynthesis
and Cellular
Respiration work
together)

-Learner
-Learner goes above and beyond the understanding of topics
Learn shows a
by being able to form a logical flow of information uses
er
proficient
analogies to reach the target audience.
shows understandin
no
g of the
-Learner is able to assemble and synthesize all of the topics of
under topics by
information to address the authentic task.
standi being able to
ng of form a logical
the
flow of
topics information
and but does not
does necessarily
not
correlate all
assem topics to
ble or address the
synthe authentic
size task.
the
big
-Learner is
ideas able to
of
assemble all
inform of the topics
ation of information
to
but lack the
addre synthesis of
ss
some of the
authe big ideas.
ntic
task

Reaching the
audience

-Design of
-Design of model or written support is clear and understood by
Desig model or
audience covering at least 5 bullet points.
n of written
model support is
or
clear and
written understood
suppo by audience
rt is
covering at
not
least 4 bullet
clear points.
or not
easily
under
stood

by
audie
nce.

Overall Quality

-Little
to
none
of the
work
is
origin
al.

-Shows
original
work.

-Shows original work.

-Highly organized in a way for which the user can easily
identify ALL of the big ideas.

-Mostly
organized in -Project only containsPERTINENTinformation (audience is not
a way for
overwhelmed by extraneous, distracting detail).
which the
user can
Discla easily identify
imer: most of the
does big ideas.
not
matter -Project
how containsPER
organi TINENTinfor
zed or mation but
pertin has some
ent
extraneous,
the
distracting
inform detail.
ation
is, if it
is not
solely
your
work
then
you
will
not
get
higher
than
Begin
ning

Product

-Either
-Colorful, creative, and has a WOW factor.
Neithe colorful or
r
creative or
-Writing is cohesive, organized, and free of grammatical and
colorf has a WOW spelling errors
ul or factor.
creativ
e or -Writing is
has a mostly
WOW cohesive and
factor.

organized.
Only one or
two major
Writin grammatical
and spelling
g is
errors are
not
cohesi present.
ve or
organi
zed.
Three
or
more
major
gram
matica
l and
spellin
g
errors
are
prese
nt.